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obiwaugh
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 Posted - 2004-12-13 : 10:12:24
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| I want to evaluate a field in the following way...SUM ( CASE PS_JOB.ACTION WHEN 'TER' THEN '1' ELSE '0' END )I get an error saying that the varchar datatype is invalid. I think it's because I'm examining a varchar field, and trying to return a number value. Can I say something like THEN INT(1)? |
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robvolk
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Posted - 2004-12-13 : 10:19:11
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| SUM (CASE PS_JOB.ACTION WHEN 'TER' THEN 1 ELSE 0 END )The CASE expression can compare any data types, but it does not have to return the same data type. |
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