Re: DECODE question

I think that particular example is best expressed as:

greatest(ddb_date, cdate(param_value))

Richard

Cynic wrote:
>
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> > "Cynic" <ksd9_at_yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> > > 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
>
> Thanks! That works great for certain things. However, do you know how that
> would work in a situation of date data types?
> Example:
> IIf(ddb_date < CDATE(param_value), CDATE(param_value), ddb_date)
>
> Thanks, again.
>
> >
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Received on Mon Jul 08 2002 - 15:25:01 CDT