NVL(var1,var2)

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March 23rd, 2006, 05:50 AM

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NVL(var1,var2)

Hi,
Can any one tell me what the function nvl(var1,var2) returns?

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March 23rd, 2006, 07:21 AM

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NVL(v1,v2) is a function implemented in Oracle. Its equivalent in SQL Server is ISNULL(v1,v2).

The function returns the value of v1 if v1 is not NULL, otherwise it returns the value of v2.

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