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IF Statement help in SQL

From: Lucy Chew <rachel.curran_at_hr.xchanging.com>
Date: 4 Dec 2003 05:45:43 -0800
Message-ID: <a817d4e2.0312040545.621a507@posting.google.com>


Hi,

Can anyone please inform on how i can use an IF statement in the following code to bring in Addr_Country field but only when the address4 is blank (and input into were address4 should b, had it not been blank)- if not blank i dont want it to be brought in, i want it to be left as address4.

SET SERVEROUT ON
SET LINESIZE 1000
SET TRIMSPOOL ON SPOOL H:\payaddrupdate_mc.prn

DECLARE    CURSOR c_main IS

      SELECT     apps.payroll_area

,apps.employee_number
,apps.address1
,apps.address2
,apps.address3
,apps.address4
,apps.ADDR_COUNTRY
,apps.postcode
FROM apps.xxhrs_person_v apps where apps.PER_PA_LAST_UPDATE_DATE Between TO_DATE('30-OCT-2003', 'DD-MON-YYYY') AND TO_DATE('27-NOV-2003 23:59:59', 'DD-MON-YYYY HH24:MI:SS') and apps.payroll_area is not null and apps.employee_number is not null order by apps.payroll_area,apps.employee_number;

BEGIN    DBMS_OUTPUT.ENABLE(10000000);    <<main>>
   FOR r_per IN c_main LOOP

      DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE(RPAD(r_per.payroll_area, 3) || RPAD(r_per.employee_number, 17) || '141' || RPAD(r_per.address1,50));

      DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE(RPAD(r_per.payroll_area, 3) || RPAD(r_per.employee_number, 17) || '142' || RPAD(r_per.address2,50));

      DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE(RPAD(r_per.payroll_area, 3) || RPAD(r_per.employee_number, 17) || '143' || RPAD(r_per.address3,50));

      DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE(RPAD(r_per.payroll_area, 3) || RPAD(r_per.employee_number, 17) || '144' || RPAD(r_per.address4,50));

      DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE(RPAD(r_per.payroll_area, 3) || RPAD(r_per.employee_number, 17) || '145' || RPAD(r_per.addr_country,50));

      DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE(RPAD(r_per.payroll_area, 3) || RPAD(r_per.employee_number, 17) || '14A' || RPAD(r_per.postcode,50));

   END LOOP main;

END;
/

SPOOL OFF Regards

Lucy Chew Received on Thu Dec 04 2003 - 07:45:43 CST

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