I just thought about it and found that i can do it with greatest function. v_result := getbasevalue(....) + greatest(getpricediff(....), 0)
Thanks, Divya K M On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 4:11 PM, Gayathri <gd0...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi All, > > Need suggestion on how to do this. > > In a PL/SQL block, have an expression like below - > where 2 functions are called and result is added together. > v_result := getbasevalue(....) + getpricediff(....) > > Function getpricediff(...), if returns value less than 0, then it should > be substituted as '0' (zero) else whatever value is calculated. > > this is what i am looking for - > v_result := getbasevalue(....) + case if getpricediff(....) < 0 then 0 > else getpricediff(....) end > > any better way to achieve this without calling the function twice? > > Thanks in advance! > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Oracle PL/SQL" group. To post to this group, send email to Oracle-PLSQL@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to oracle-plsql-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Oracle-PLSQL?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Oracle PL/SQL" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to oracle-plsql+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
