Oracle NVL function

The NVL function is used to replace NULL values by another value.

The syntax for the NVL function is:
NVL( value_in, replace_with )
value_in if the function to test on null values. The value_in field can have a datatype char, varchar2,
date or number datatype.
replace_with is the value that is returned if value_in has a null value. The NVL statement works like
this pl/sql code:
if (value_in is NULL) then
return replace_with;
else
return value_in;
end if;
Sample code:
select nvl(salary, 0)
from
employees;
select nvl(ref_code,'Unknown')
from
users;