Just a quick follow-up. The query I provided for use as a test contained a syntax error. I omitted the END keyword. I'm hanging my head in shame. The query should have been: SELECT CASE 1 WHEN 1 THEN 2 END FROM DUAL; Note that Oracle9i not only supports the above, but also: SELECT CASE WHEN 1=1 THEN 2 END FROM DUAL; -- Best regards, Jonathan Gennick mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * 906.387.1698 http://Gennick.com * http://MichiganWaterfalls.com * http://MetalDrums.org Monday, July 23, 2001, 12:41:59 PM, Yuval Arnon wrote: YA> Jonathan YA> CASE is not supported in 8.1.7. SQL>> select * from v$version; YA> BANNER YA> ---------------------------------------------------------------- YA> Oracle8i Enterprise Edition Release 8.1.7.1.0 - Production SQL>> SELECT CASE 1 WHEN 1 THEN 2 YA> 2 FROM dual; YA> SELECT CASE 1 WHEN 1 THEN 2 YA> * YA> ERROR at line 1: YA> ORA-00923: FROM keyword not found where expectedTitle: RE: CASE Expressions
Jonathan
CASE is not supported in 8.1.7.
SQL> select * from v$version;
BANNER
----------------------------------------------------------------
Oracle8i Enterprise Edition Release 8.1.7.1.0 - Production
SQL> SELECT CASE 1 WHEN 1 THEN 2
2 FROM dual;
SELECT CASE 1 WHEN 1 THEN 2
*
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-00923: FROM keyword not found where expected
SQL>
Yuval
-----Original Message-----
From: Jonathan Gennick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, July 23, 2001 11:03 AM
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
Subject: CASE Expressions
I'm doing some research for a book, and I need to know when
Oracle began to support CASE expressions. I thought it was
in Oracle9i, but the new features list seems to imply that
CASE may have come about in 8.1.7. Can anyone with 8.1.7
verify this for me? I have 8.1.6 and 9.whatever, but not
8.1.7 or I'd try it myself.
If you have 8.1.7, and have a second to experiment, try the
following query as a test:
SELECT CASE 1 WHEN 1 THEN 2
FROM dual;
Best regards,
Jonathan Gennick
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * 906.387.1698
http://Gennick.com * http://MichiganWaterfalls.com * http://MetalDrums.org
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