Re: divide with decode

I've always been under the impression that the glazed look induced in others when they look at my code was a holy grail of sorts.

Was I wrong?

Jared

On Sunday 05 August 2001 16:27, Larry Elkins wrote:
> 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
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: root_at_fatcity.com [mailto:root_at_fatcity.com]On Behalf Of Jared Still
> > Sent: Sunday, August 05, 2001 5:50 PM
> > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> > Subject: Re: divide with decode
> >
> >
> >
> > Now why didn't I think of that? :)
> >
> > Jared

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