NULLIF function in Amazon QLDB
In Amazon QLDB, given two expressions, use the NULLIF function to return
NULL if the two expressions evaluate to the same value. Otherwise, this
function returns the result of evaluating the first expression.
The NULLIF function doesn't propagate NULL and
MISSING.
Syntax
NULLIF (expression1,expression2)
Arguments
expression1,expression2-
The two field names or expressions that the function compares. These parameters can be any of the supported Data types.
Return type
Any supported data type. The return type is either NULL or the same
as the type of the first expression.
Examples
NULLIF(1, 1) -- null NULLIF(1, 2) -- 1 NULLIF(1.0, 1) -- null NULLIF(1, '1') -- 1 NULLIF([1], [1]) -- null NULLIF(1, NULL) -- 1 NULLIF(NULL, 1) -- null NULLIF(null, null) -- null NULLIF(missing, null) -- null NULLIF(missing, missing) -- null -- Runnable statements SELECT NULLIF(1, 1) FROM << 0 >> -- null SELECT NULLIF(1, '1') FROM << 0 >> -- 1
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