From 92f31270e33562f414371542846b7ab66e8c7416 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Hamid Reza Ghavami <hamidr.ghavami@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2026 10:20:17 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] fix: make COALESCE return null instead of undefined

---
 src/61date.js   |  2 +-
 test/test999.js | 13 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 test/test999.js

diff --git a/src/61date.js b/src/61date.js
index 15fac261e2..6612913ceb 100644
--- a/src/61date.js
+++ b/src/61date.js
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ stdfn.COALESCE = function () {
 		if (typeof arguments[i] == 'number' && isNaN(arguments[i])) continue;
 		return arguments[i];
 	}
-	return undefined;
+	return null; // Change this line at the bottom of stdfn.COALESCE
 };
 
 stdfn.USER = function () {
diff --git a/test/test999.js b/test/test999.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6ecbd6b995
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/test999.js
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+if (typeof module !== 'undefined' && typeof require !== 'undefined') {
+var alasql = require('../dist/alasql.js');
+}
+
+describe('Test COALESCE bugfix', function () {
+it('Should return NULL if all arguments are null', function () {
+// Pass a JavaScript undefined variable as a parameter ($1)
+var res = alasql('SELECT COALESCE(NULL, $0) AS result', [undefined]);
+if (res[0].result !== null) {
+throw new Error('COALESCE returned undefined instead of null');
+}
+});
+});