On 6/22/05, Elena Aminova <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have 2 integer columns, each has 3 digit numbers from 111 to 555.
> I need to compare the 2 columns and in a third column display some kind of an
> indication whether the second column number is higher or lower then the first
> column number, saying higher, lower or equal.
>
> For example:
> column1 column 2 newcolumnToAdd
> 125 545 higher
> 255 255 equal
> 555 222 lower
> 254 444 higher etc
>
Here is how you do it in Oracle (assuming that both column1 and
column2 are not nulls):
select column1, column2,
case
when column2 > column1 then 'higher'
when column2 = column1 then 'equal'
when column2 < column1 then 'lower'
end newcolumnToAdd
from yourTableName
--
Eddie.
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