Oracle-L: RE: Numeric comparison in DECODE statement

From: Jamadagni, Rajendra <Rajendra.Jamadagni_at_espn.com>
Date: Mon, 20 May 2002 08:08:36 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.00464A4A.20020520080836@fatcity.com>

You can also implement your logic as

SELECT DECODE(SIGN(in_value-60),

              -1, TO_CHAR(in_value)||' minutes', 
              TO_CHAR(in_value/60, '9.99')||' hours')

FROM dual
/

HTH
Raj

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-----Original Message-----
Sent: Monday, May 20, 2002 11:38 AM
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Robert,

That won't work. Decode works like a switch statement. If condition 1 then
value 1. You can't imbed logic operators therein.

DickG.

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