SET sql_mode=ORACLE; # # MDEV-13003 - Oracle compatibility : Replace function # SELECT REPLACE(null,'a','b') ; REPLACE(null,'a','b') NULL SELECT REPLACE('ab',null,'b') ; REPLACE('ab',null,'b') ab SELECT REPLACE('ab','a',null) ; REPLACE('ab','a',null) b SELECT REPLACE('ab',null,null) ; REPLACE('ab',null,null) ab SELECT REPLACE('aaa','a',null) ; REPLACE('aaa','a',null) NULL EXPLAIN EXTENDED SELECT REPLACE('ab','a',null) ; id select_type table type possible_keys key key_len ref rows filtered Extra 1 SIMPLE NULL NULL NULL NULL NULL NULL NULL NULL No tables used Warnings: Note 1003 select replace_oracle('ab','a',NULL) AS "REPLACE('ab','a',null)" CREATE VIEW v1 AS SELECT REPLACE('ab','a',null) ; SHOW CREATE VIEW v1; View Create View character_set_client collation_connection v1 CREATE VIEW "v1" AS select replace_oracle('ab','a',NULL) AS "REPLACE('ab','a',null)" latin1 latin1_swedish_ci SELECT * FROM v1; REPLACE('ab','a',null) b DROP VIEW v1;