RE: Irritating problem
- From: "Mark W. Farnham" <mwf@xxxxxxxx>
- To: <Lee.Robertson@xxxxxxxxxx>, <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2011 22:35:52 -0500
Add up? I'm unclear about what you mean. You're going to get exactly one
value per column per row. From your statement it appears that you mean you
want 'N' for a return value when the columns contains 'One', 'Two', or
'Three' and you want 'Y' for 'Four'. Unless you're trying to mask your
meaning I don't know why you're trying to transfer that meaning via numeric
amounts.
If you mean something different, please explain. Otherwise
select decode(READERSHIP_OFTEN_SATURDAY,
'One','N','Two','N','Three','N','Four','Y','N') "Reader" from lee;
might be what you're trying to do.
Regards,
mwf
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From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Robertson Lee - lerobe
Sent: Monday, November 07, 2011 4:36 PM
To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Irritating problem
Chaps,
Been stuck on a little bit of sql.
Need to add up some columns with text values in them e.g 'One', 'Two'
etc etc and see if the total is > 0.
Thought I had it working but its not
I am doing
select CASE WHEN (CASE WHEN READERSHIP_OFTEN_SATURDAY='One'
THEN 0.25 END)+
(CASE WHEN READERSHIP_OFTEN_SATURDAY='Two'
THEN 0.5 END)+
(CASE WHEN READERSHIP_OFTEN_SATURDAY='Three'
THEN 0.75 END)+
(CASE WHEN READERSHIP_OFTEN_SATURDAY='Four'
THEN 1 END) > 0 THEN 'Y' ELSE 'N' END AS Reader
FROM lee;
Data is as follows
Two values in table for READERSHIP_OFTEN_SATURDAY One Four
Both values are coming back as N when I would expect an Y.
Any help appreciated, its going to be staring me in the face but its late
and Im tired.
TIA
Lee
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