Wednesday, May 7, 2014

The decode function of SQL

The SQL decode function assigns a value to the output field according to the corresponding field value of a table in the database. For example

          SELECT decode(ID, 1, 'Apple', 2, 'Pear', 3, 'Papaya', 'Others') Fruit, PRICE from FRUIT;

The output has two columns, Fruit and PRICE. When the ID value in the FRUIT table in the database is 1 the Fruit value in the output will be Apple; when the ID is 2, the Fruit value will be Pear; when the ID value is 3, the Fruit value will be Papaya; and when the ID in the FRUIT table is neither 1 nor 2 nor 3, the Fruit value in the output. is Others.

References:

1. Decode

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