Thread: lower() not working correctly...?

I have the following query:

select lower(firstname) || ' ' || lower(lastname) from person

firstname and lastname are VARCHAR

lower() returns NULL when firstname OR lastname is NULL, is this correct?

This is 8.2devel from 24.08.2006.

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am  Fri, dem 15.09.2006, um 10:06:40 +0200 mailte Andreas Joseph Krogh folgendes:
> I have the following query:
> 
> select lower(firstname) || ' ' || lower(lastname) from person
> 
> firstname and lastname are VARCHAR
> 
> lower() returns NULL when firstname OR lastname is NULL, is this correct?

Yes. You can user coalesce for this:

select coalesce(lower(firstname),'') || ...



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Andreas Joseph Krogh a ecrit le 15/09/2006 10:06:
> I have the following query:
> 
> select lower(firstname) || ' ' || lower(lastname) from person
> 
> firstname and lastname are VARCHAR
> 
> lower() returns NULL when firstname OR lastname is NULL, is this correct?
> 
> This is 8.2devel from 24.08.2006.
> 

NULL is an unkown value. lower of an unkown value is unknown... thus 
NULL. This is correct behavior.


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