MySQL, coalesce equivalent for empty values?

Question

I know that coalesce will return the first non-null value that is passed to it. is there something simlilar that will return the first not empty / not false value?

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Answer 1

You could make NULL from empty string in MySQL :

SELECT coalesce(NULLIF(email, ''), 'user@domain.com') FROM users WHERE id=1000000;