Oracle FAQ | Your Portal to the Oracle Knowledge Grid |
![]() |
![]() |
Home -> Community -> Usenet -> c.d.o.misc -> Re: "IF" equivilent in SQL select?????
Vickie,
Look at the sql command "Decode", this may help.
Good luck.
Vickie Jones wrote in message ...
>Is there a function(?) that would be the equivilent to an "IF" statment
that
>can be used in a select statment? Below is a sample of what I am trying to
>do and the results:
>
>analyze index ccdbp.ALARMS_CODES_KEY validate structure;
>col key_name format A50
>select 'ALARMS_CODES_KEY' as key_name,del_lf_rows/lf_rows "Ratio" from
>index_stats;
>
>ERROR:
>ORA-01476: divisor is equal to zero
>
>What I need is an "if" statement that says if lf_rows is 0 (zero) set
>'del_lf_rows/lf_rows' to 0 (zero). I want to eliminate this error when I
>analyze my indexes.
>
>Thanks in advance!
>Vickie Jones
>Republic Engineered Steels, Inc.
>Canton, OH
>
>
Received on Thu May 06 1999 - 22:38:12 CDT
![]() |
![]() |