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How To Check If Field is NULL or Empty with If Statement in MySQL?

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This article will give you example of how to check if field is null or empty with if statement in MySQL?. I explained simply about check if field is null or empty with if statement example in MySQL. This tutorial will give you simple Check If Field is NULL or Empt SQL query.

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So let's see bellow solution:

Table: users_payment


So, let's see bellow solution:

Solution 1:

SELECT 
    id, 
    user_id, 
    charge,
    IF(status IS NULL or status = '', 'PENDING', status) as status 
FROM `user_payments`

Solution 2:

SELECT 
    id, 
    user_id, 
    charge,
    CASE WHEN status IS NULL or status = ''
        THEN 'PENDING'
        ELSE status
    END as status 
FROM `user_payments`

Output:

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