COALESCE vs NVL poll

Saddened but not surprised to see COALESCE lagging behind NVL.

Weekend #SQL poll: when mapping binds/columns that could contain nulls to non-nulls do you use:

— SQL Daily (@sqldaily) July 1, 2016

Why? Because I think coalesce is a good idea and the modern equivalent of NVL.

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