Re: [TF-LIB] COALESCE is an unhelpful choice of name

On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 11:58 AM, Lee Feigenbaum <lee@thefigtrees.net> wrote:

> I'm not wedded to COALESCE and I recognize it's an obtuse word that's
> confusing to non-SQL-heads and probably even more confusing to
> non-native-English speakers.
>
> ...But I don't like any of these proposed choices either :)

How about GATHER (which is a pretty good synonym of "coalesce")?

Cheers,
Kendall