RE: CASE Expressions

From: Yuval Arnon <Yuval.Arnon_at_wwfent.com>
Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2001 09:02:36 -0700
Message-ID: <F001.00351E0D.20010723084200@fatcity.com>

Jonathan
CASE is not supported in 8.1.7.

SQL> select * from v$version;

BANNER

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Oracle8i Enterprise Edition Release 8.1.7.1.0 - Production

SQL> SELECT CASE 1 WHEN 1 THEN 2
  2  FROM dual;

         SELECT CASE 1 WHEN 1 THEN 2

                          *

ERROR at line 1:
ORA-00923: FROM keyword not found where expected

SQL> Yuval

-----Original Message-----
From: Jonathan Gennick [mailto:jonathan_at_gennick.com] Sent: Monday, July 23, 2001 11:03 AM
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject: CASE Expressions

I'm doing some research for a book, and I need to know when Oracle began to support CASE expressions. I thought it was in Oracle9i, but the new features list seems to imply that CASE may have come about in 8.1.7. Can anyone with 8.1.7 verify this for me? I have 8.1.6 and 9.whatever, but not 8.1.7 or I'd try it myself.

If you have 8.1.7, and have a second to experiment, try the following query as a test:

SELECT CASE 1 WHEN 1 THEN 2
FROM dual;

Best regards,

Jonathan Gennick  
mailto:jonathan_at_gennick.com * 906.387.1698 http://Gennick.com * http://MichiganWaterfalls.com * http://MetalDrums.org

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