Check if column is NULL or empty

June 22, 2009

>>Script Language and Platform: SQL Server
This script checks to see if a column is NULL or empty.

--Query
select dbo.isempty(NULL,'This is empty') as Mycolumn
--Result
This is empty
--Query
select dbo.isempty(1,'This is empty') as Mycolumn
--Result
1
--Query
select dbo.isempty('','This is empty') as Mycolumn
--Result
This is empty
--Query
select dbo.isempty('Rainbow','This is empty') as Mycolumn
--Result
Rainbow

Author: MAK

Download Script:
null_empty.sql

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