COALESCE
CREATE TABLE dbo.wages  (      emp_id        TINYINT   NULL,      hourly_wage   DECIMAL   NULL,      salary        DECIMAL   NULL,      commission    DECIMAL   NULL,      num_sales     TINYINT   NULL  );  INSERT INTO dbo.wages (emp_id, hourly_wage, salary, commission, num_sales)  VALUES (1, 10.00, NULL, NULL, NULL);    INSERT INTO dbo.wages (emp_id, hourly_wage, salary, commission, num_sales)  VALUES (2, 20.00, NULL, NULL, NULL);    INSERT INTO dbo.wages (emp_id, hourly_wage, salary, commission, num_sales)  VALUES (3, 30.00, NULL, NULL, NULL);    INSERT INTO dbo.wages (emp_id, hourly_wage, salary, commission, num_sales)  VALUES (4, 40.00, NULL, NULL, NULL);    INSERT INTO dbo.wages (emp_id, hourly_wage, salary, commission, num_sales)  VALUES (5, NULL, 10000.00, NULL, NULL);    INSERT INTO dbo.wages (emp_id, hourly_wage, salary, commission, num_sales)  VALUES (6, NULL, 20000.00, NULL, NULL);    INSERT INTO dbo.wages (emp_id, hourly_wage, salary, commission, num_sales)  VALUES (7, NULL, 30000.00, NULL, NULL);    INSERT INTO dbo.wages (emp_id, hourly_wage, salary, commission, num_sales)  VALUES (8, NULL, 40000.00, NULL, NULL);    INSERT INTO dbo.wages (emp_id, hourly_wage, salary, commission, num_sales)  VALUES (9, NULL, NULL, 15000, 3);    INSERT INTO dbo.wages (emp_id, hourly_wage, salary, commission, num_sales)  VALUES (10,NULL, NULL, 25000, 2);    INSERT INTO dbo.wages (emp_id, hourly_wage, salary, commission, num_sales)  VALUES (11, NULL, NULL, 20000, 6);    INSERT INTO dbo.wages (emp_id, hourly_wage, salary, commission, num_sales)  VALUES (12, NULL, NULL, 14000, 4);  
select * from wages;
  SELECT CAST(COALESCE(hourly_wage * 40 * 52,      salary,      commission * num_sales) AS DECIMAL(10,2)) AS TotalSalary   FROM dbo.wages  ORDER BY TotalSalary; 
TotalSalary10000.0020000.0020800.0030000.0040000.0041600.0045000.0050000.0056000.0062400.0083200.00120000.00