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  1. MariaDB Server
  2. MDEV-7005

NULLIF does not work as documented

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    • Bug
    • Status: Closed (View Workflow)
    • Minor
    • Resolution: Fixed
    • 5.5.40, 10.0.14
    • 10.1.2
    • Temporal Types
    • None

    Description

      The manual at https://mariadb.com/kb/en/mariadb/documentation/functions-and-operators/control-flow-functions/nullif/ says that NULLIF(expr1,expr2) is the same as CASE WHEN expr1 = expr2 THEN NULL ELSE expr1 END.
      In fact it is not always true.

      DROP TABLE IF EXISTS t1,t2;
      CREATE TABLE t1 (a TIME);
      CREATE TABLE t2 AS SELECT a,NULLIF(a,a), CASE WHEN a=a THEN NULL ELSE a END FROM t1;
      SHOW CREATE TABLE t2;

      returns:

      +-------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
      | Table | Create Table                                                                                                                                                                           |
      +-------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
      | t2    | CREATE TABLE `t2` (
        `a` time DEFAULT NULL,
        `NULLIF(a,a)` varchar(10) DEFAULT NULL,
        `CASE WHEN a=a THEN NULL ELSE a END` time DEFAULT NULL
      ) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 |
      +-------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

      Notice, NULLIF erroneously created a VARCHAR column, while CASE correctly created a TIME column.

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