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How to use NOT NULL inside DECODE? [message #248132]

Thu, 28 June 2007 02:31

fortunethiyagu
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Hi,

DECODE(FIELD_1,NOT NULL,'working',NULL)

Is it possible to do such? else how to proceed so?

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Re: How to use NOT NULL inside DECODE? [message #248136 is a reply to message #248132]

Thu, 28 June 2007 02:37

pablolee
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nvl2(field, 'working', null)

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Re: How to use NOT NULL inside DECODE? [message #248145 is a reply to message #248136]

Thu, 28 June 2007 03:02

rleishman
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DECODE(field, NULL, NULL, 'Working')

Ross Leishman

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Re: How to use NOT NULL inside DECODE? [message #248251 is a reply to message #248145]

Thu, 28 June 2007 07:55

joy_division
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Just to add some footnotes to Ross's answer. DECODE is theo nly place where you can compare a NULL to a NULL.

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Re: How to use NOT NULL inside DECODE? [message #486243 is a reply to message #248132]

Tue, 14 December 2010 07:36

ignu
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SELECT
CASE WHEN ' ' IS NOT NULL THEN 'working' ELSE NULL END
FROM dual

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Re: How to use NOT NULL inside DECODE? [message #486244 is a reply to message #486243]

Tue, 14 December 2010 07:38

Michel Cadot
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SELECT CASE WHEN field_1 IS NOT NULL THEN 'working' END
FROM dual

Smile

Regards
Michel

[Updated on: Tue, 14 December 2010 07:39]

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Re: How to use NOT NULL inside DECODE? [message #486245 is a reply to message #486244]

Tue, 14 December 2010 07:44

pablolee
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Really? a Three and a half year old thread re-animated for this?

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Re: How to use NOT NULL inside DECODE? [message #486251 is a reply to message #486245]

Tue, 14 December 2010 08:11

Michel Cadot
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"ignu" waked up after 5 years of hibernation, so a 3.5 years old topic is very new. Laughing

Regards
Michel

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Re: How to use NOT NULL inside DECODE? [message #486275 is a reply to message #486251]

Tue, 14 December 2010 10:35

ThomasG
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Naahhhhhhh, probably just his browser hanging for 3.5 years, and the post finally came through. Very Happy

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Re: How to use NOT NULL inside DECODE? [message #486548 is a reply to message #486275]

Thu, 16 December 2010 08:08

Bill B
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ThomasG wrote on Tue, 14 December 2010 10:35

Naahhhhhhh, probably just his browser hanging for 3.5 years, and the post finally came through.

Must have been an IE session, try firefox. LOL

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