Re: DECODE

> I thought that the CASE statement did not work in pl/sql in 8i. Perhaps
> I have that backwards? I know is works in plain sql.

I'm wasn't exactly sure. So I had to do some digging in the Oracle docs on this. There is no mention of the CASE function in the SQL Reference manual. But I did find that it was available in a SQL statement in Oracle 8.1.7. The "Getting To Know" does list this as a new feature for 8.1.7. Unless someone knows differently, I'm going to assume that CASE was not available pre-8.1.7. So that does make my original statement in error, but I wouldn't blanket all of 8i with this function.

HTH,
Brian

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