That would be an extreamly good reason then. I suppose I've fallen into
the 'other' standard :(
Tom Lane wrote:
>
> Rod Taylor <rbt@zort.on.ca> writes:
> > I believe that the coalesce function can
> > get you out of this... Speaking of which, why isn't it called NVL()?
>
> Because the SQL92 standard calls it coalesce.
>
> regards, tom lane