Re: SQL CASE Statement

In 8i, CASE is supported in SQL but not PL/SQL. In 9i, it's supported on both.

Workaround is to use dynamic SQL ("execute immediate"), or upgrade to 9i.

Regards,
Dave

Rajesh.Pillai_at_nordstrom.com wrote:
> Hi All,
> Any clues on why does a CASE block does not work in an INSERT-APPEND-SELECT statement called in a sql block in an UNIX script? If I replace the case block with a decode function then it works!!!! Whereas in a sql command prompt, both DECODE and CASE yields results.
>
> TIA for all ur hints.
>
> Thanks,
> Rajesh

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