Oracle数据库中对null值的排序及mull与空字符串的区别

  SELECT NAME,NVL(TO_CHAR(COMM),'NOT APPLICATION') FROM TABLE1;

select * from tbl order by field nulls first

select * from tbl order by field desc nulls last

select *
 from students
 order by (case person_name
      when null then
       '未知'
      else
       person_name
     end)

  !defined('PATH_ADMIN') && exit('Forbidden'); 
class mod_gcdownload 
{ 
  public static function get_gcdownload_datalist($start = 0,$rowsperpage = PAGE_ROWS, $datestart = '',$dateend = '',$ver = '',$coopid = '',$subcoopid = '',$sortfield = '', $sorttype = '', $pid = 123456789, $plat = 'abcdefg'){ 
    $sql = ''; 
    $condition = empty($datestart)  " WHERE 1=1 " : " WHERE t.statistics_date >= '$datestart' AND t.statistics_date <= '$dateend'"; 
    if($ver) 
    { 
      $condition .= " AND t.edition='$ver'"; 
    } 
    if($coopid) 
    { 
      $condition .= " AND t.suco_coopid=$coopid"; 
    } 
    if($subcoopid) 
    { 
      $condition .= " AND t.suco_subcoopid=$subcoopid"; 
    } 
    if($sortfield && $sorttype){ 
      $condition .= " ORDER BY t.{$sortfield} {$sorttype} NULLS LAST"; 
    }elseif($sortfield){ 
      $condition .= " ORDER BY t.{$sortfield} desc NULLS LAST"; 
    }else{ 
      $condition .= " ORDER BY t.statistics_date desc NULLS LAST"; 
    } 
    $finish = $start + $rowsperpage; 
    $joinsqlcollection = "(SELECT tc.coop_name, tsc.suco_name, tsc.suco_coopid,tsc.suco_subcoopid, s.edition, s.new_user, d.one_user, d.three_user, d.seven_user, s.statistics_date FROM (((pdt_stat_newuser_{$pid}_{$plat} s LEFT JOIN pdt_days_dl_remain_{$pid}_{$plat} d ON s.statistics_date=d.new_date AND s.subcoopid=d.subcoopid AND s.edition=d.edition )LEFT JOIN tbl_subcooperator@JTUSER1.NET@JTINFO tsc ON s.subcoopid=tsc.suco_subcoopid) LEFT JOIN tbl_cooperator@JTUSER1.NET@JTINFO tc ON tsc.suco_coopid=tc.coop_id))"; 
    $sql = "SELECT * FROM (SELECT tb_A.*, ROWNUM AS rn FROM (SELECT t.* FROM $joinsqlcollection t {$condition} ) tb_A WHERE ROWNUM <= {$finish} ) tb_B WHERE tb_B.rn>{$start} "; 
    $countsql = "SELECT COUNT(*) AS totalrows, SUM(t.new_user) AS totalnewusr,SUM(t.one_user) AS totaloneusr,SUM(t.three_user) AS totalthreeusr,SUM(t.seven_user) AS totalsevenusr FROM $joinsqlcollection t {$condition} "; 
    $db = oralceinit(1); 
    $stidquery = $db->query($sql,false); 
    $output = array(); 
    while($row = $db->FetchArray($stidquery, $skip = 0, $maxrows = -1)) 
    {   
      $output['data'][] = array_change_key_case($row,CASE_LOWER); 
    } 
    $count_stidquery = $db->query($countsql,false); 
    $row = $db->FetchArray($count_stidquery, $skip = 0, $maxrows = -1); 
    $output['total']= array_change_key_case($row,CASE_LOWER); 
    //echo "<br />".($sql)."<br />"; 
    return $output;  
   
  } 
 
} 

SQL> select 1 from dual where null=null; 

SQL> select 1 from dual where null=''; 

SQL> select 1 from dual where ''=''; 

SQL> select 1 from dual where null is null; 
1 
--------- 
1 

SQL> select 1 from dual where nvl(null,0)=nvl(null,0); 

1 
--------- 
1 

SQL> select 1+null from dual; 
SQL> select 1-null from dual; 
SQL> select 1*null from dual; 
SQL> select 1/null from dual; 

update table1 set 列1=NULL where 列1 is not null; 

month　　　 char(6)　　　　　 --月份 
sell　　　　number(10,2)　　　--月销售金额 
create table sale (month char(6),sell number); 
insert into sale values('200001',1000); 
insert into sale values('200002',1100); 
insert into sale values('200003',1200); 
insert into sale values('200004',1300); 
insert into sale values('200005',1400); 
insert into sale values('200006',1500); 
insert into sale values('200007',1600); 
insert into sale values('200101',1100); 
insert into sale values('200202',1200); 
insert into sale values('200301',1300); 
insert into sale values('200008',1000); 
insert into sale(month) values('200009');（注意：这条记录的sell值为空） 
commit; 

SQL> select * from sale where sell like '%'; 
MONTH SELL 
------ --------- 
200001 1000 
200002 1100 
200003 1200 
200004 1300 
200005 1400 
200006 1500 
200007 1600 
200101 1100 
200202 1200 
200301 1300 
200008 1000 

SQL> select * from sale where sell like '%' or sell is null; 
SQL> select * from sale where nvl(sell,0) like '%'; 
MONTH SELL 
------ --------- 
200001 1000 
200002 1100 
200003 1200 
200004 1300 
200005 1400 
200006 1500 
200007 1600 
200101 1100 
200202 1200 
200301 1300 
200008 1000 
200009 

create table test (a char(5),b char(5)); 
SQL> insert into test(a,b) values('1','1'); 
SQL> insert into test(a,b) values('2','2'); 
SQL> insert into test(a,b) values('3','');--按照上面的解释，b字段有值的 
SQL> insert into test(a) values('4'); 
SQL> select * from test; 
A B 
---------- ---------- 
1 1 
2 2 
3 
4 

SQL> select * from test where b='';

SQL> select * from test where b is null; 

A B 
---------- ---------- 
3 
4 
SQL>update table test set b='' where a='2'; 
SQL> select * from test where b=''; 

SQL> select * from test where b is null; 
A B 
---------- ---------- 
2 
3 
4