drop table if exists t1; select IF(0,"ERROR","this"),IF(1,"is","ERROR"),IF(NULL,"ERROR","a"),IF(1,2,3)|0,IF(1,2.0,3.0)+0 ; IF(0,"ERROR","this") IF(1,"is","ERROR") IF(NULL,"ERROR","a") IF(1,2,3)|0 IF(1,2.0,3.0)+0 this is a 2 2.0 CREATE TABLE t1 (st varchar(255) NOT NULL, u int(11) NOT NULL) ENGINE=MyISAM; INSERT INTO t1 VALUES ('a',1),('A',1),('aa',1),('AA',1),('a',1),('aaa',0),('BBB',0); select if(1,st,st) s from t1 order by s; s a A a aa AA aaa BBB select if(u=1,st,st) s from t1 order by s; s a A a aa AA aaa BBB select if(u=1,binary st,st) s from t1 order by s; s A AA BBB a a aa aaa select if(u=1,st,binary st) s from t1 where st like "%a%" order by s; s A AA a a aa aaa explain extended select if(u=1,st,binary st) s from t1 where st like "%a%" order by s; id select_type table type possible_keys key key_len ref rows Extra 1 SIMPLE t1 ALL NULL NULL NULL NULL 7 Using where; Using filesort Warnings: Note 1003 select if((test.t1.u = 1),test.t1.st,cast(test.t1.st as char charset binary)) AS `s` from test.t1 where (test.t1.st like _latin1'%a%') order by if((test.t1.u = 1),test.t1.st,cast(test.t1.st as char charset binary)) select nullif(u=0, 'test') from t1; nullif(u=0, 'test') NULL NULL NULL NULL NULL 1 1 explain extended select nullif(u=0, 'test') from t1; id select_type table type possible_keys key key_len ref rows Extra 1 SIMPLE t1 ALL NULL NULL NULL NULL 7 Warnings: Note 1003 select nullif((test.t1.u = 0),_latin1'test') AS `nullif(u=0, 'test')` from test.t1 drop table t1; select NULLIF(NULL,NULL), NULLIF(NULL,1), NULLIF(NULL,1.0), NULLIF(NULL,"test"); NULLIF(NULL,NULL) NULLIF(NULL,1) NULLIF(NULL,1.0) NULLIF(NULL,"test") NULL NULL NULL NULL select NULLIF(1,NULL), NULLIF(1.0, NULL), NULLIF("test", NULL); NULLIF(1,NULL) NULLIF(1.0, NULL) NULLIF("test", NULL) 1 1.0 test create table t1 (num double(12,2)); insert into t1 values (144.54); select sum(if(num is null,0.00,num)) from t1; sum(if(num is null,0.00,num)) 144.54 drop table t1; create table t1 (x int, y int); insert into t1 values (0,6),(10,16),(20,26),(30,10),(40,46),(50,56); select min(if(y -x > 5,y,NULL)), max(if(y - x > 5,y,NULL)) from t1; min(if(y -x > 5,y,NULL)) max(if(y - x > 5,y,NULL)) 6 56 drop table t1; create table t1 (a int); insert t1 values (1),(2); select if(1>2,a,avg(a)) from t1; if(1>2,a,avg(a)) 1.5000 drop table t1; SELECT NULLIF(5,5) IS NULL, NULLIF(5,5) IS NOT NULL; NULLIF(5,5) IS NULL NULLIF(5,5) IS NOT NULL 1 0 CREATE TABLE t1 (a CHAR(10)); INSERT INTO t1 VALUES ('aaa'), (NULL), (''), ('bbb'); SELECT a, NULLIF(a,'') FROM t1; a NULLIF(a,'') aaa aaa NULL NULL NULL bbb bbb SELECT a, NULLIF(a,'') FROM t1 WHERE NULLIF(a,'') IS NULL; a NULLIF(a,'') NULL NULL NULL DROP TABLE t1;