Imran Ashraf wrote: > > Hi, > > I have this query... > select decode(length(sn),8),substr(sn,-7),sn )from ..... > > However i want to change it so that if the length of sn is >= 8 then set sn > to last 7 characters. > > How can i implement this? > > Regards > -- decode(sign(length(sn) - 8, 1, ..., 0, ..., sn)
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