Re: SQL CASE Statement

Hi:

Sql and pl/sql use different engine internally. I found this is true for "CASE" in oracle 8i.

HTH. Guang

On Mon, 29 Dec 2003, Pillai, Rajesh wrote:

> Hi All,
> Any clues on why does a CASE block does not work in an INSERT-APPEND-SELECT statement called in a sql block in an UNIX script? If I replace the case block with a decode function then it works!!!! Whereas in a sql command prompt, both DECODE and CASE yields results.
>
> TIA for all ur hints.
>
> Thanks,
> Rajesh
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