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Re: Check constraint question

From: Sybrand Bakker <postbus_at_sybrandb.demon.nl>
Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2006 01:24:52 +0200
Message-ID: <q6dse25d3uts27gi1576a16h3ge42nmsb9@4ax.com>


On Thu, 24 Aug 2006 23:08:09 +0200, Ruben Schoenefeld <Ruben.Schoenefeld_at_uni-oldenburg.de> wrote:

>not a silly question. The point of the post is that I wanted to know
>if it's going to work before I even give it to the DBA in charge of
>creating the database.

Ahh, I see, so you want US to try it.
The only thing I remember (from a while ago) is constructs like you posted do NOT work, and you are limited to using DECODE expressions returning *boolean* true or false.

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Sybrand Bakker, Senior Oracle DBA
Received on Thu Aug 24 2006 - 18:24:52 CDT

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