RE: Need SQL Example

Yeah that one is great, thanks. - Ethan

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"Post, Ethan" wrote:
>
> Anyone got a good example of flipping a range of values into columner
> buckets. I have done this in the past but my solutions always seem so
> convoluted, it seems I have seen more elegant examples in the past. I
want
> to use decode so it will run on older versions of Oracle.
>
> Pseudo Example:
>
> select
> sum(decode(if value between 0 and 64 then return 1 else 0))
> count_of_this_bucket,
> sum(decode(if value between 65 and 128 then return 1 else 0))
> count_of_this_bucket,...
> from
> table
>
> Thanks,
> Ethan

select sum(decode(sign(value - 64), 1, 0, 1)) count_of_this_bucket,

       sum(decode(sign(value - 129) * sign(value - 64), -1, 1, 0)) count_of_this_bucket,...

  Not certain that it is as elegant as you wish, but easy to decline.

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