SQL Dialects Reference/Functions and expressions/Misc expressions

Misc functions

This page includes comparison tables which can be big and complex.

While it's perfectly all right to view them in their complete state, it is recommended to install a comparison tables extension that would allow to select particular columns of interest for comparison.

SQL version	Feature	Standard SQL:2011	DB2	Firebird	Ingres	Linter	MSSQL	MySQL Vers. 5.x	MonetDB	Oracle Vers. 11.x	PostgreSQL	SQLite	Virtuoso
?	Convert value val to data type type	CAST(val AS type)	?	CAST(val AS type)	?	CAST(val AS type) CASTexpression as type TO_CHAR TO_NUMBER TO_DATE	CAST(val AS type) CONVERT(type, val, style)	CONVERT(val, type) CAST(val AS type)	CAST(val AS type) CONVERT(val, type)	CAST(val AS type)	CAST(val AS type) val::type	CAST(val AS type)	?
?	Replace NULL within a val with a fallback value, return val intact, if it's non-NULL	COALESCE(val, fallback)	?	?	?	NVL(val, fallback)	COALESCE(val, fallback) ISNULL(val, fallback)	IFNULL(val, fallback)	COALESCE(val, fallback)	COALESCE(val, fallback) NVL(val, fallback)	COALESCE(val, fallback)	IFNULL(val, fallback) COALESCE(val, fallback)	?
?	Return the first non-NULL value from a list of values (val1, val2, ...)	COALESCE(val1, val2, ...)	COALESCE(val1, val2)	COALESCE(val1, val2, ...)	?	COALESCE(val1, val2, ...)	COALESCE(val1, val2, ...)	COALESCE(val1, val2, ...)	COALESCE(val1, val2, ...)	COALESCE(val1, val2, ...)	COALESCE(val1, val2, ...)	COALESCE(val1, val2, ...)	?
?	Convert particular values to NULL: return NULL if a = b otherwise keep a	NULLIF(a, b)	?	NULLIF(a, b)	?	NULLIF(a, b)	NULLIF(a, b)	NULLIF(a, b)	NULLIF(a, b)	NULLIF(a, b)	NULLIF(a, b)	NULLIF(a, b)	?