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Re: calc field

From: Michel Cadot <micadot2removethat_at_free.fr>
Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2003 22:26:31 +0200
Message-ID: <3f79e71d$0$10410$626a54ce@news.free.fr>

"Roger Smith" <rsmith22_at_fastmail.net> a écrit dans le message de news:4ileb.35770$H86.839814_at_news1.telusplanet.net...
> Need suggestions on how to accomplish this, I know you can create a
> calculated field in sql:
>
> select (productPrice * 1.5) as "NewPrice"
>
> but my calc field is complicated by if then, if productPrice not null then
>
> select (productPrice * 1.5) as "NewPrice" else
>
> select (WarehousePrice * 1.5) as "NewPrice"
>
> and so on... can this be done in sql?
>
> Roger
>
>

Use the NVL function:
select nvl(productPrice,WarehousePrice)*1.5 as "NewPrice" ...

Hope this helps
Michel Cadot Received on Tue Sep 30 2003 - 15:26:31 CDT

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