RE: Wrong results using decode when db upgraded to 9205

> -----Original Message-----
> "and decode('C8','C8',237,0) = 237"

I have some interest in this since 9.2.0.5 might appear around here, and
there are plenty of decode statements running around this place.  But I have
to say that I get the feeling something in the diagnostic process is not
right: The decode clause listed here will ALWAYS return 237; that is, this
is do-nothing decode clause.

Was this: decode(field_name, 'C8' ...
or:       decode(parameter_name, 'C8' ...

??


If it's a field_name, then I wonder you get with:
select count(*) from table where field_name = 'C8';

Followed up with:
select count(*) from table where decode(field_name,'C8',237,0) = 237;

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