Re: DECODE AND SELECT

• Original Message -----

> I am in urgent need of backporting oracle9i pl/sql to
> oracle8i.I have encountered some case satements like
> this
>
> CASE
> when x>0 then (select y from deptno)
> else
> (select Z from emp)
> end
>
> i need to convert them to decode statements.Can
> anybody tell me how to write a select statement within
> decode.

You already got some suggestions. But if you're backporting from 9i to 8i, don't bother: 8i supports CASE happily. At least in SQL...

Cheers
Nuno Souto
nsouto_at_optusnet.com.au

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