RE: nvl not using index

2001-09-11 Thread Farnsworth, Dave
Big Planet wrote -I am writing this proc does a searchin databasebased on these in parameters and returns a ref cursor . Now one moreofthesein parameters can be null and my query should return data neglecting null parameters . So I use nvl in the query as shown below Big Planet, small

RE: nvl not using index

2001-09-10 Thread Jack C. Applewhite
BigP, You could have an If Then ElsIf...Else statement that tested the input arguments of interest (looks like p_loginid and p_firstname), each part having an appropriate Select that did not use NVL if that input argument was Not Null. In essence, you'd be tailoring your Ref Cursor to the