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A copy of this was sent to Manfred Mann <manfredmann_at_excite.com>
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On Wed, 10 Feb 1999 16:34:32 -0800, you wrote:
>I would like to define a function in Oracle that does the following:
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>function divret(x,y)
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>if y = 0 then return 0
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>else
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>return x/y
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>How do I do this? Do I use stored functions?
decode( y, 0, 0, x/y ) would be the fastest in SQL as decode is a builtin...
decode is like an if/then/else if/.... statement.. the above says:
if ( y = 0 ) return 0
else return x/y
Thomas Kyte
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Oracle Service Industries
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