Alternative is to use dbms_sql to parse the statement and fetch data from
resulting cursor - dbms_sql provides access to SQL engine, which obviously
supports this function.
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"Norman Dunbar" <Norman.Dunbar_at_lfs.co.uk> wrote in message
news:E2F6A70FE45242488C865C3BC1245DA70294B4C2_at_lnewton.leeds.lfs.co.uk...
> Jochen,
>
> NVL2 is only available in SQL*Plus, not in PL/SQL yet :o(
> It is available in PL/SQL in 9i release 2. (9.2.0)
>
> Cheers,
> Norman.
>
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> Lynx Financial Systems Ltd.
> mailto:Norman.Dunbar_at_LFS.co.uk
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Received on Fri Aug 30 2002 - 13:23:53 CDT
