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This Oracle function gives us the ability to have a function with an IF-THEN-ELSE type of construct
This Oracle function gives us the ability to have a function with an IF-THEN-ELSE type of construct.
The Oracle [CASE WHEN|ORACLE CASE WHEN] Construct often provides a clearer explanation of the logic.
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|Expression | The value you wish to evaluate
|Search1 | The value that is compared to the Expression
|Result1 | What is returned if the Expression is equal to the value
… etc as many search/result pairs as you need
|Default | (optional) What is returned if the Expression is not equal to any of the values provided.
|EXPRESSION | The value you wish to evaluate
|SEARCH1 | The value that is compared to the Expression
|RESULT1 | What is returned if the Expression is equal to the value
|SEARCH2 | (optional) The value that is compared to the Expression
|RESULT2 | (optional) What is returned if the Expression is equal to the value
... et cetera ... as many search/result pairs as you need
|DEFAULT | (optional) What is returned if the Expression is not equal to any of the values provided.
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The same variable type as Expressionq
The same variable type as Expression
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If you do not provide a Default value, and the expression is not equal to any of the search values provided, then NULL is returned
If you do not provide a Default value, and the expression is not equal to any of the search values provided, then NULL is returned.
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The type of data (date/number/character) of the first result must match the results of all the other values, otherwise you may get oracle errors.
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{{DECODE(~,1000,'Alpha',2000,'Bravo','Charlie') }}will evaluate the variable passed and compare it to the numbers 1000 (return Alpha) or 2000 (return Bravo) and if neither of these values will return Charlie. In programming terms this would look like:
{{DECODE(~,1000,'Alpha',2000,'Bravo','Charlie') }} will evaluate the variable passed and compare it to the numbers 1000 (return Alpha) or 2000 (return Bravo) and if neither of these values will return Charlie. In programming terms this would look like:
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