dudedoe01 schrieb am 27.09.2016 um 19:04:
> I am trying to emulate the isnull() function used in MySQL into postreSQL. I
> have tried different ways such is null but it's not producing the results
> desired. I am doing a data migration from MySQL into postgreSQL and need
> help with the isnull() in pgAdmin3.
>
> Any assistance provided would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
>
> In MySQL:
>
> (case
> when
> ((`s`.`Funding_Date` = '')
> and (isnull(`s`.`Actual_Close_Date`)
> or (`s`.`Actual_Close_Date` = '')))
> then
> 'RPG_INV'
> when
> ((isnull(`s`.`Funding_Date`)
> or (`s`.`Funding_Date` <> ''))
> and ((`s`.`Actual_Close_Date` = '')
> or isnull(`s`.`Actual_Close_Date`)))
> then
> 'Builder_Inventory'
> else 'Owner_Inventory'
> end) AS `Lot_Status`,
>
Unrelated, but: why are you storing DATEs in VARCHAR columns?
A migration might be a good moment to clean up the data model and store DATEs in a DATE (or TIMESTAMP) column.
