Re: calc field

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to_date(concat(nvl(SomeYear, 1990), '/01/01'),'YYYY/MM/DD')

This works fine as long as SomeYear is 4 digits....any way to trap 2 digits?

Roger

"Brian Peasland" <dba_at_remove_spam.peasland.com> wrote in message news:3F79EF49.DFB4F3B_at_remove_spam.peasland.com...
> You nested NVL functions, or DECODES, or we didn't even show you 9i's
> new CASE statement.......
>
> Cheers,
> Brian
>
> Roger Smith wrote:
> >
> > IF both are null, can I set a default?
> >
> > "Michel Cadot" <micadot2removethat_at_free.fr> wrote in message
> > news:3f79e71d$0$10410$626a54ce_at_news.free.fr...
> > >
> > > "Roger Smith" <rsmith22_at_fastmail.net> a écrit dans le message de
> > > news:4ileb.35770$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
> > >
> > >
>
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Received on Tue Sep 30 2003 - 16:50:57 CDT