Subject Re: [firebird-support] coalesce bug in fb 3.0 rc2?
Author Mark Rotteveel
On 2016-03-08 16:18, 'Checkmail' check_mail@...
[firebird-support] wrote:
> Hello,
>
> in the further version of firebird I can execute the following and
> get
> the real value of m (exists in tlager_sum)
>
> select a.teilenr, a.bezeichnung, a.minb, coalesce(b.menge,0) as m,
> a.typ
>
> from tteile a left join tlager_sum b on (a.teilenr = b.teilenr)
>
> where ((a.minb > coalesce(b.menge,0))
>
> and (a.typ = 1)) order by a.teilenr
>
> In any case when it is no amount in the table tlager_sum (null), it
> should seen as 0 (not present) and if the minimum amount iss higher..
>
> But, since fb 3 I get 0, why? The tlager_sum has for many records a
> mass. If I change to
>
> a.minb > b.menge
>
> it works for these records, but not for any with no amount.
>
> What can be the issue?

It is not clear to me what your problem is. Could you describe it in
more detail and provide a sample dataset, expected results and actual
results?

Mark