SQL Server intermediar
Ginger Grant
Instructor
Când nu există date, câmpul gol din baza de date conține cuvântul NULL
Deoarece NULL nu este un număr, nu se poate folosi =, < sau > pentru a găsi sau compara valori lipsă
Pentru a verifica dacă o coloană conține NULL, se folosesc IS NULL și IS NOT NULL
SELECT Country, InternetUse, Year
FROM EconomicIndicators
WHERE InternetUse IS NOT NULL
+-------------------+-------------------+------------+
|Country |InternetUse |Year |
|-------------------+-------------------+------------+
|Afghanistan |4.58066992 |2011 |
|Albania |49 |2011 |
|Algeria |14 |2011 |
....
+-------------------+-------------------+------------+
SELECT Country, InternetUse, Year
FROM EconomicIndicators
WHERE InternetUse IS NULL
+-------------------+-------------------+------------+
|Country |InternetUse |Year |
|-------------------+-------------------+------------+
|Angola |NULL |2013 |
|Argentina |NULL |2013 |
|Armenia |NULL |2013 |
....
+-------------------+-------------------+------------+
'' poate fi folosit pentru a găsi valori goaleSELECT Country, GDP, Year
FROM EconomicIndicators
WHERE LEN(GDP) > 0
+-------------------+-------------------+------------+
|Country |GDP |Year |
|-------------------+-------------------+------------+
|Afghanistan |54852215624 |2011 |
|Albania |29334492905 |2011 |
|Algeria |453558093404 |2011 |
....
+-------------------+-------------------+------------+
SELECT GDP, Country,
ISNULL(Country, 'Unknown') AS NewCountry
FROM EconomicIndicators
+-------------------+----------------+----------------+
|GDP |Country |NewCountry |
|-------------------+----------------+----------------+
|5867920022 |NULL |Unknown |
|597873038497 |South Africa |South Africa |
|1474091271101 |NULL |Unknown |
...
+-------------------+----------------+----------------+
/*Substituting values from one column for another with ISNULL*/
SELECT TradeGDPPercent, ImportGoodPercent,
ISNULL(TradeGDPPercent, ImportGoodPercent) AS NewPercent
FROM EconomicIndicators
+-------------------+------------------+----------------+
|TradeGDPPercent |ImportGoodPercent |NewPercent |
|-------------------+------------------+----------------+
|NULL |56.7 |56.7 |
|52.18720739 |51.75273421 |52.18720739 |
|NULL |NULL |NULL |
...
+-------------------+------------------+----------------+
COALESCE returnează prima valoare non-nulă
COALESCE( value_1, value_2, value_3, ... value_n )
value_1 este NULL și value_2 nu este NULL, returnează value_2value_1 și value_2 sunt NULL și value_3 nu este NULL, returnează value_3SELECT TradeGDPPercent, ImportGoodPercent,
COALESCE(TradeGDPPercent, ImportGoodPercent, 'N/A') AS NewPercent
FROM EconomicIndicators
+-------------------+--------------------+---------------+
|TradeGDPPercent |ImportGoodPercent |NewPercent |
|-------------------+--------------------+---------------+
|NULL |56.7 |56.7 |
|NULL |NULL |N/A |
|52.18720739 |51.75273421 |52.18720739 |
+-------------------+--------------------+---------------+
SQL Server intermediar