In SQL Server views I've been using CASE statements to look for nulls for years. I've just nullified this practice. For the following Employees Table: EmployeeID LastName FirstName Nickname 39 Carter James Jimmy 40 Reagan Ronald 41 Bush George 42 Clinton William Bill Would be used to create the View: EmployeeID LastName Handle 39 Carter Jimmy 40 Reagan Ronald 41 Bush George 42 Clinton Bill This is the CASE: SELECT EmployeeID , LastName , CASE Nickname WHEN Null THEN FirstName ELSE Nickname END As Handle FROM Employees ISNULLified by: SELECT EmployeeID , LastName , ISNULL(Nickname, FirstName) AS Handle FROM Employees
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