ISNULL

Syntax

ISNULL(check_expr, replacement_value)

ISNULL replaces NULL with the specified replacement value. The function returns the value of check_expr if it is not NULL, otherwise, replacement_value is returned.

Example

This example selects title and price for all books. If the price for a given title is NULL, the price shown is 0.00.

SELECT title, ISNULL(price, 0.00) AS price
FROM titles

Equivalents in other databases

TABLE 81. Equivalents in other databases

IBM DB2	COALESCE function
Oracle	NVL function