Re: Standard syntax?

Hi,

This is not SQL92, I believe it's an extention of Pg ,  Oracle uses 'decode' to
implement if-then elsif then-else structure.

Franz J Fortuny wrote:

> I have been using (with success) this SQL statement in PostgreSQL:
>
> select col1,
>      case when col2 = true then
>         col3
>      else
>         col4
>      end as colw,
>     colM
> where .... etc.
>
> The above syntax, however, does not work for Interbase (6.01). For those who
> have had experience in other SQL servers, is this a "standard" or ANSI 9X
> compatible syntax or should I refrain from such syntax if I want my
> statements to be transportable from SQL Server to SQL Server?
>
> Best regards,
>
> Franz Fortuny

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