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From: hsiwei yu <yu.michael_at_epamail.epa.gov>
Date: Wed, 20 May 1998 10:25:52 -0400
Message-ID: <6juomj$lkc1@valley.rtpnc.epa.gov>


Hi,

a newbie question:

have a table with two columns
Col_A Col_B


vv                  yyy
qq                  qq
zz                  zz

How to create an additional column
Col_A          Col_B              Different_A_B_Or_Not
=================================
vv                  yyy                   1
qq                  qq                    0
zz                  zz                    0

Here's what I have tried (& won't work) select Col_A, Col_B
, decode(( Col_A != Col_B )

, 0, 0
, 1, 1
, NULL ) as Col_Different_Or_Not
from ...

Need your help, thanks,

Michael Received on Wed May 20 1998 - 09:25:52 CDT

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