DECODE / CASE Question

Hi,

Say we have a very long DECODE statement like this:

DECODE(2,-99999,0,2) + DECODE(5,-99999,0,5) + DECODE(7,-99999,0,7) - DECODE(8,-99999,0,8) * DECODE(9,-99999,0,9) stuff

Pardon the use of real numbers, that was for testing.

Now, I want to basically say if the value of this is 0, then 0 should be returned, otherwise the result of the math should be returned.

Can I use a case statement for this somehow? Or do I enclose it around another DECODE? Can I use the generated column alias???

Thanks! Received on Fri May 30 2008 - 12:51:01 CDT