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Re: Is it possible to subtract case statements

From: Maxim Demenko <mdemenko_at_arcor.de>
Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2007 16:50:44 +0100
Message-ID: <45D32FD4.4000704@arcor.de>


MrHelpMe schrieb:
> Hello all,
>
> I am wondering if it is possible to subtract case statements in oracle
> 9.2? If it is, could someone please show me how. This is basically
> what I am using for my case statements:
>
> [code]
>
> SELECT
> (Case when field1 = 'hello' then 1 else 0 END)Case1,
> (case when field2='test' then 1 else 0 END)Case2,
> FROM Table x;
>
> [/code]
>
> So I would get the resultset as such:
>
> Case1 Case2 Result
> 1 1 0
> 0 0 0
> 1 0 0
> 0 1 -1
>
> Any ideas. Thanks so much
>

Yes, you can do it as with any another expression. However, it would be difficult to get the result like 1-0=0.

Best regards

Maxim Received on Wed Feb 14 2007 - 09:50:44 CST

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