On Tuesday 09 September 2003 09:06, Richard Sydney-Smith wrote:
> In sybase I can use the following syntax:
>
> select 'T' as src,(if tbon is null or tbon < '1900/12/12' or tbon >
> '1900/9/30' then 'U' else 'P' endif) as pres from ftrans
>
> this returns two columns: src = 'T' and pres which has e
select 'T' as src,(if tbon is null or tbon < '1900/12/12' or tbon > '1900/9/30' then 'U' else
'P' endif) as pres from ftrans
select 'T' as src,(CASE
WHEN tbon is null
or tbon < '1900/12/12' or tbon > '1900/9/30' THEN 'U' ELSE 'P' END)
as pres from
ftrans
I think it works in Oracle too
