What is the resemblance of COALESCE() function with IF-THEN-ELSE statement?

As we know that COALESCE() function returns first non-NULL value from the list of values. The following IF-THEN-ELSE statement is equivalent to COALESCE() function.

IF value1 is not NULL THEN
output = value1;
ELSIF value2 is not NULL THEN
output = value2;
ELSIF value3 is not NULL THEN
output = value3;
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.
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ELSIF valueN is not NULL THEN
output = valueN;
ELSE
output = NULL;
END IF;

Arushi

Published on 20-Feb-2018 13:34:18

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