RE: divide with decode

Jared,

Since you and Jon had already met Srinivas's needs with the examples you two provided, I didn't see much sense in throwing in my two cents except that since Srinivas was *so* close with his approach, I thought it would be helpful to show the key piece he was missing. And I would bet the ranch that you and Jon have used the same technique multiple times in the past as well.

Considering there is no performance difference with all 3 returning results instantaneously, I might lean towards your approach -- the clarity and purpose of the code is more obvious. Some folks get a glazed look in their eyes when they see aggregate/decodes and or in-line views, and that always needs to be taken into account.

Regards,

Larry G. Elkins
elkinsl_at_flash.net
214.954.1781
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> From: root_at_fatcity.com [mailto:root_at_fatcity.com]On Behalf Of Jared Still
> Sent: Sunday, August 05, 2001 5:50 PM
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> Now why didn't I think of that? :)
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> Jared

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