if-then-else in SELECT

From: elain he <elainhe_at_hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 03 Mar 2004 13:32:49 -0500
Message-ID: <BAY14-F31rlJmcYP9oq00013325@hotmail.com>

Hi,
I would like to retrieve records based on the following if-then-else criteria.

for eg.
retrieve all empolyee names='AIMEE GORE' if there is no exact match,
retrieve employee names='AIMEE' or employee_name='GORE'

How can I write the SQL?

DB - 8i

thanks.

elain

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Received on Wed Mar 03 2004 - 12:38:10 CST