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1. Inline IF condition

   Tapan Trivedi <tapan.trivedi@princetonglobal.com> — 2001-12-03T12:04:51Z

   Hi all,
   
   Does Postgresql support DECODE() or IIF() functions like Oracle or SQLServer 
   2000 does ??
   
   Re Tapan
   
   

2. Re: Inline IF condition

   Roberto Mello <rmello@cc.usu.edu> — 2001-12-06T15:48:57Z

   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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3. Re: Inline IF condition

   Keith Gray <keith@heart.com.au> — 2001-12-06T22:42:43Z

   Roberto Mello wrote:
   > 
   > 
   > I'm not familiar with IIF. What's it for?
   > 
   This is a M$-ism for in-line if, like ...
   
   	if true then A else B
   
   	iif(true,A,B)
   
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