In 8i, CASE is supported in SQL but not PL/SQL. In 9i, it's supported on both.

Workaround is to use dynamic SQL ("execute immediate"), or upgrade to 9i.

Regards,
Dave



[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi All,
    Any clues on why does a CASE block does not work in an INSERT-APPEND-SELECT 
statement called in a sql block in an UNIX script? If I replace the case block with a 
decode function then it works!!!! Whereas in a sql command prompt, both DECODE and 
CASE yields results.

TIA for all ur hints.

Thanks,
Rajesh

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