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Re: DECODE being depricated???

From: Thorsten Kettner <thorsten.kettner_at_web.de>
Date: 21 Feb 2003 02:08:30 -0800
Message-ID: <74a9c367.0302210208.3e0a9055@posting.google.com> 





Mike Cohen wrote:


> Any idea why?




I suppose that Oracle invented DECODE when Ansi SQL didn't offer
anything alike. Now that there is CASE in Ansi SQL there is no need
for the non-conformant DECODE anymore.
Received on Fri Feb 21 2003 - 04:08:30 CST












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