Re: Ternary '?' in (PL/)SQL

A copy of this was sent to david_barts_at_my-deja.com (if that email address didn't require changing) On Tue, 01 Feb 2000 16:15:05 GMT, you wrote:

>Is there a way to simulate the '?' operator of C-like
>languages, e.g:
>
>select (char_column == 'Y' ? 'Yes' : 'No') from some_table
>where ... ;
>

select decode( char_colunn, 'Y', 'Yes', 'No' ) from some_table

>Thanks!
>
>
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