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Returning a default value in SQL when no rows found

cubmarJun 13 2008 — edited Oct 4 2013
Hi

How can change my SQL to return a default value if no rows are found?

Eg:
select text from text_file where criteria=met

If no rows are found, I would like text to contain '**Empty' for example


Thanks

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