| From: | Roberto Mello <rmello(at)cc(dot)usu(dot)edu> |
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| To: | Tapan Trivedi <tapan(dot)trivedi(at)princetonglobal(dot)com> |
| Cc: | pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Inline IF condition |
| Date: | 2001-12-06 15:48:57 |
| Message-ID: | 20011206084857.A21559@cc.usu.edu |
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On Mon, Dec 03, 2001 at 05:34:51PM +0530, Tapan Trivedi wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Does Postgresql support DECODE() or IIF() functions like Oracle or SQLServer
> 2000 does ??
PostgreSQL supports the standard CASE...WHEN... that replaces DECODE.
Oracle supports CASE WHEN too, but Oracle users usually use the
Oracleisms counterparts.
I'm not familiar with IIF. What's it for?
-Roberto
P.S.: The PG docs have more info on CASE WHEN.
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