SQL and case structure

From: Droogendyk, Harry <Harry.Droogendyk_at_CIBC.com>
Date: Mon, 07 Oct 2002 12:38:55 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.004E2C40.20021007123855@fatcity.com>

Listers:

I've used SAS's version of SQL and it allows the coding of conditional logic in the SELECT statement:

proc sql;
  select acct_no,

     case substr(acct_no,16,1)
       when '1'  then 'one'
       when '2'  then 'two'
       else           'other' 

  end as desc
    from star.kills;
quit;

The same syntax does not work in SQL*Plus for Oracle 8. Can someone point me to the correct syntax?

Secondly, any URLs for this kind of information would be most appreciated.

Regards,
Harry

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