Oracle-L: RE: SQL and case structure

From: Kevin Lange <kgel_at_ppoone.com>
Date: Mon, 07 Oct 2002 14:38:42 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.004E2D6B.20021007143842@fatcity.com>

Look up the DECODE function

select acct_no,

decode(substr(acct_no,16,1),'1','one','2','two','other') from star.kills;

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Sent: Monday, October 07, 2002 3:39 PM
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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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