Is Null Greater Than Any Date Data Type?

Question

I have this query in DB2

SELECT * FROM SOMESCHEMA.SOMETABLE WHERE SYSDATE > @A

If the SYSDATE is NULL, would it be

Answer 1

Another possibility is to use IS NULL to test if a value is null:

  SELECT * FROM SOMESCHEMA.SOMETABLE WHERE SYSDATE > @A OR SYSDATE IS NULL

will include the value in your set of returned values, instead of COALESCE function. It works only with simple cases though.