Re: DECODE question

"Cynic" <ksd9_at_yahoo.com> wrote in message news:uijjmmnp2c4810_at_corp.supernews.com...
> Does anyone know of a good location where I can find documentation on
> DECODE?
>
> I'm attempting to translate Access queries into Oracle views and need to
> find a replacement for Access' "IIf" statement. I'm hoping DECODE will be
> it, but I'm trying to find out how to replace the following:
> Select IIF(ord_amt > 1000, "Large", "Small")
>
>
>

decode(sign(ord_amt - 1000),1,'Large','Small') You can find information on decode in the sql reference manual, but I doubt it will have this example, which requires some combining of functions.

Hth

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