Re: Text concat problem - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

That would be an extreamly good reason then.  I suppose I've fallen into
the 'other' standard :(

Tom Lane wrote:
> 
> Rod Taylor <rbt@zort.on.ca> writes:
> > I believe that the coalesce function can
> > get you out of this...  Speaking of which, why isn't it called NVL()?
> 
> Because the SQL92 standard calls it coalesce.
> 
>                         regards, tom lane