>>AFAIK both are incompatible. SQL server one:
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>>ISNULL( Member.NoSchool , 0 ) as NoSchool
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>>I think having first version if first value is null it's specifying the width of the field.
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>I am not sure what you mean. Could you elaborate more on the topic?

I mean, it's first row's value that specify what the result size of field would be. If first match is a null putting 0 there fields size is 1 and say a value of 12 would show as *.
Cetin