Question

I would like to return 1 or 0 (or true or false, or true or null, or whatever is easiest) if a given column has any data. Regardless of whether this field has data, the other columns would still be returned. Is below the correct way? Thanks

SELECT varchar_field IS NOT NULL, some_other_fields

Answer 1

Try

SELECT ISNULL(varchar_field), some_other_fields

if you want 0 when varchar_field isnt null

SELECT NOT ISNULL(varchar_field), some_other_fields

if you want 1 when varchar_field isnt null