RE: SQL and case structure

From: Alec Macdonell <amacdonell_at_usscript.com>
Date: Mon, 07 Oct 2002 15:08:35 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.004E2DD0.20021007150835@fatcity.com>

Look up the DECODE command.

SELECT decode(substr(acct_no,16,1),'1',one,'2','two','other') FROM ....

should look like that

Alec Macdonell

-----Original Message-----
Harry
Sent: Monday, October 07, 2002 1:39 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L

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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