Re: DECODE question

"Richard Kuhler" <noone_at_nowhere.com> wrote in message news:xymW8.81779$xy.27352213_at_twister.socal.rr.com...
> I think that particular example is best expressed as:
>
> greatest(ddb_date, cdate(param_value))
>

Yeah, I guess I gave a pretty stupid example. ONE more question (I promise). Can I nest DECODES? (the reason I ask is that I have a need for it, and have tried it but it's not working - maybe just a typo)

> Richard
>
> Cynic wrote:
> >
> > "Sybrand Bakker" <postbus_at_sybrandb.demon.nl> wrote in message
> > news:uijpaj3aper9e_at_corp.supernews.com...
> > >
> > > "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
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Sybrand Bakker
> > > Senior Oracle DBA
> > >
> > > to reply remove '-verwijderdit' from my e-mail address
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
>
Received on Mon Jul 08 2002 - 15:44:26 CDT