You need to return NULL only if the value of your data is a certain value. How do you do this?
There are three different ways.
NULLIF
DECLARE @1 char(1)
SELECT @1 ='D'
SELECT NULLIF(@1,'D')
REPLACE
This should not really be used, I just added it here to demonstrate that you can in fact use it.
DECLARE @1 char(1)
SELECT @1 ='D'
SELECT REPLACE(@1,'D',NULL)
CASE
With case you can test for a range of values. You can test for example for values between A and D. If you reverse the logic then you also don't need to provide the ELSE part since it defaults to NULL anyway.
DECLARE @1 char(1)
SELECT @1 ='D'
SELECT CASE @1 WHEN 'D' THEN NULL ELSE @1 END
--No else needed
SELECT CASE WHEN @1 <> 'D' THEN @1 END
And this is how you test for a range.
--Null
DECLARE @1 char(1)
SELECT @1 ='D'
SELECT CASE WHEN @1 BETWEEN 'A' AND 'D' THEN NULL ELSE @1 END
--E
DECLARE @1 char(1)
SELECT @1 ='E'
SELECT CASE WHEN @1 BETWEEN 'A' AND 'D' THEN NULL ELSE @1 END
Tuesday, November 6, 2007
Three Ways To Return Null If A Value Is A Certain Value
Posted by Denis at 2:27 PM
Labels: NULLIF, Nulls, SQL Server 2000, SQL Server 2005, SQL Server 2008, Tip, Trick
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