Reid Thompson <reid.thompson@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > In the case where a_text is null, I essentially want the same result as the case when a_text = ''. > > would this: > select a_int || coalesce(a_text,'') from test1 where a_int = 1000002; > be the proper way? Yes. Andreas -- Really, I'm not out to destroy Microsoft. That will just be a completely unintentional side effect. (Linus Torvalds) "If I was god, I would recompile penguin with --enable-fly." (unknown) Kaufbach, Saxony, Germany, Europe. N 51.05082°, E 13.56889° -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general