Use greatest ... decode(greatest(sn,7),sn, substr(sn,-7),sn )
Stephane Paquette Administrateur de bases de donnees Database Administrator Standard Life www.standardlife.ca Tel. (514) 499-7999 7470 and (514) 925-7187 [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -----Original Message----- Imran Ashraf Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2003 2:00 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L 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 -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Imran Ashraf INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Stephane Paquette INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
