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Re: NVL and index usage

From: Connor McDonald <hamcdc_at_yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 02 Jan 2003 10:33:41 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.00525CCF.20030102103341@fatcity.com>


If you mean

where nvl(col,:x) = :y then yes it will be negated.

If memory serves, I've even had problems in the past using nvl in a function based index, the workaround doing the equivalent with decode, but I can't remember the specifics

hth
connor


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