Employee টেবিলে ID 5 ও 6-র Salary হল NULL:
mysql> SELECT * FROM Employee; +----+--------+--------+ | ID | Name | Salary | +----+--------+--------+ | 1 | Gaurav | 50000 | | 2 | Rahul | 20000 | | 3 | Advik | 25000 | | 4 | Aarav | 65000 | | 5 | Ram | NULL | | 6 | Mohan | NULL | +----+--------+--------+
COALESCE() ব্যবহার করে UPDATE করা:
mysql> UPDATE Employee SET Salary = COALESCE(Salary, 20000) WHERE Id = 5; Query OK, 1 row affected (0.09 sec) mysql> UPDATE Employee SET Salary = COALESCE(Salary, 30000) WHERE Id = 6; Query OK, 1 row affected (0.06 sec) mysql> SELECT * FROM Employee; +----+--------+--------+ | ID | Name | Salary | +----+--------+--------+ | 1 | Gaurav | 50000 | | 2 | Rahul | 20000 | | 3 | Advik | 25000 | | 4 | Aarav | 65000 | | 5 | Ram | 20000 | | 6 | Mohan | 30000 | +----+--------+--------+
COALESCE(Salary, 20000) মানে: Salary যদি NULL না হয় তাহলে সেটি রাখবে, NULL হলে 20000 সেট করবে।