APP13 IPTC Decoding

Hi,
Below is an example of the APP13 part of a JPEG.
FF ED 00 2E 50 68 6F 74 6F 73 68 6F 70 20 33 2E 30 00 38 42 49 4D 04 04 00 00 00 00 00 12 1C 02 00 00
So, that is
FF ED - APP 13 marker
00 2E - APP 13 length
50 68.. 42 49 4D - Photoshop 3.0.8.BIM
My question is... what does 04 04 00 00 00 00 00 represent? I've looked on the net quite a bit and I can't figure that part out, I know what follows it is tag information but and I'm wondering if it relates to that.
Any help is gratefully appreciated!
Thanks.

Thanks Armin, but if it has no special meaning why is it being written that way? I understand that the "@" is specifying a literal string, but something is just not clicking here. I'm sourcing the above strings from two places:
https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsdesktop/en-US/371f5e90-1a59-412d-8ae0-de7814da6158/iptc-query-using-bitmapmetadatagetquery-method-?forum=windowswic
and
http://www.dustyfish.com/blog/basic-editing-of-photo-metadata-using-windows-imaging-component
I've read and re-read these the two above posts but I just cannot make sense of their use of "/" and "\" and "@". There seem to be 3 different ways being shown and I can't figure out which one is correct. Can anyone clear this
up for me? Thank you very much.

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Niklas wrote:
This works on WinXP but not Linux. Why? Please don't just post reams of code without providing more context and information.
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SELECT null link, wd.itsrdescr,sum(b.hoursworked) hoursworked
FROM workdetail wd, breakdowns b
WHERE wd.workdetailid = b.itsrnum and b.oid = upper(:P80_DEVELOPER) and dateworked between :P80_START and :P80_END
GROUP by wd.itsrdescr
ORDER by hoursworked desc
which will include a decode statement to let me know when the value getting returned into hoursworked on that first column is less than zero which throws off the chart. In this particular case, it has a value of -6 which makes all my percentages go haywire. How would one code this statement to include a decode statement to find out if that sum is returning a negative number?
Hope this made sense,
TIA,
cliff

Hey Tyler,
Actually.... It kinda killed the server. I'm trying to figure out a way to get the following functionality in a different way. Here is the way that the query turned out using the case statement.
SELECT null link, 'Still Unrecorded' itsrdescr,
(case
when (trueworkdays(:P80_START,:P80_END)*8-(select sum(hoursworked) ihoursworked from workdetail wd, breakdowns b
WHERE wd.workdetailid = b.itsrnum and b.oid = upper(:P80_DEVELOPER) and dateworked between :P80_START and :P80_END)) < 0 then 0
else
(trueworkdays(:P80_START,:P80_END)*8-(select sum(hoursworked) ihoursworked from workdetail wd, breakdowns b
WHERE wd.workdetailid = b.itsrnum and b.oid = upper(:P80_DEVELOPER) and dateworked between :P80_START and :P80_END))
end) hoursworked
from dual
UNION
SELECT null link, wd.itsrdescr,sum(b.hoursworked) hoursworked
FROM workdetail wd, breakdowns b
WHERE wd.workdetailid = b.itsrnum and b.oid = upper(:P80_DEVELOPER) and dateworked between :P80_START and :P80_END
GROUP by wd.itsrdescr
ORDER by hoursworked desc
Any tips on what I could do to get the above functionality without killing my server.
Thx for the input
cliff

SQL DECODE function

Oracle version: 9.2.0.1.0
Procob version: 9.2.0.1.0
Cobol version: 3.1.11
O.S. version: Windows XP
We have a pro*cobol file with the next conversion rule into a select defined with a cursor.
NVL(TO_CHAR(A.F_ALTA,'YYYYMMDD'),' '),
NVL(TO_CHAR(A.F_ESTADO,'YYYYMMDD'),' '),
we store the result data through a fetch of the cursor into two variables (W-F-ALTA and W-F-ESTADO) When the program executes an insert of these two values in a target table, we define the next conversion rule:
TO_DATE(DECODE(:W-F-ALTA,' ',NULL,:W-F-ALTA),'YYYYMMDD'),
TO_DATE(DECODE(:W-F-ESTADO,' ',NULL,:W-F-ESTADO),'YYYYMMDD')
Pro*Cobol and Cobol does not have errors when we precompile and compile the program but, when we execute the generated exe file, Oracle displays the next error:
ORA-01841 (full) year must be between -4713 and +9999, and not be 0
We think that the DECODE function is not understood by the cobol or pro*cobol interpreter. If we execute the same code without the DECODE function (only with TO_DATE function) there is no errors in the execution of the program
somebody knows if there are reported problems with this DECODE function in Pro*Cobol or Cobol and how to solve them?
Thanks

TO_DATE(DECODE(:W-F-ALTA,' ',NULL,:W-F-ALTA),'YYYYMMDD'),
TO_DATE(DECODE(:W-F-ESTADO,' ',NULL,:W-F-ESTADO),'YYYYMMDD')The problem is with the input values of :W-F-ALTA and :W-F-ESTADO. Using the first line as an example, what you are saying is if :W-F-ALTA is ' ', substitute it with NULL, any other value should be :W-F-ALTA, then output the TO_DATE value of whatever the result is.
So if the value of :W-F-ALTA is the wrong charater or in the wrong input format, TO_DATE function does not understand it.
See examples of success and failures below with your Bind variables substituted with typical values.
SQL> select TO_DATE(DECODE(' ',' ',NULL,'20060830'),'YYYYMMDD') from dual;
TO_DATE(D
SQL> select TO_DATE(DECODE('1999-01-01',' ','NULL','20060830'),'YYYYMMDD') from dual;
TO_DATE(D
30-AUG-06
SQL> select TO_DATE(DECODE('SHOULD_ERROR',' ','NULL','SHOULD_ERROR'),'YYYYMMDD') from dual;
select TO_DATE(DECODE('SHOULD_ERROR',' ','NULL','SHOULD_ERROR'),'YYYYMMDD') from dual
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-01841: (full) year must be between -4713 and +9999, and not be 0
SQL> select TO_DATE(DECODE('20060830',' ','NULL','20060830'),'YYYYMMDD') from dual;
TO_DATE(D
30-AUG-06
SQL> select TO_DATE(DECODE('12345678',' ','NULL','12345678'),'YYYYMMDD') from dual;
select TO_DATE(DECODE('12345678',' ','NULL','12345678'),'YYYYMMDD') from dual
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-01843: not a valid month
SQL>

Problem using DECODE() function with a Query of Queries

I
posted
on my blog about an issue I was having trying to use the PL/SQL
DECODE() function with a Coldfusion Query of Queries. This function
works fine when you query a database for information. However, when
you query another query, it seems that CF doesn't recognize it. I
got errors stating that it found a left parenthesis where it
expected a FROM key word. Here is a simplified version of what I am
trying to do:
quote:

<cfscript>
qOriginal = queryNew("Name,Email,CountryCode",
"VarChar,VarChar,VarChar");
newRow = queryAddRow(qOriginal, 5);
querySetCell(qOriginal, "Name", "Joe", 1);
querySetCell(qOriginal, "Email", "[email protected]", 1);
querySetCell(qOriginal, "CountryCode", "AMER", 1);
querySetCell(qOriginal, "Name", "Sally", 2);
querySetCell(qOriginal, "Email", "[email protected]", 2);
querySetCell(qOriginal, "CountryCode", "AMER", 2);
querySetCell(qOriginal, "Name", "Bob", 3);
querySetCell(qOriginal, "Email", "[email protected]", 3);
querySetCell(qOriginal, "CountryCode", "ASIA", 3);
querySetCell(qOriginal, "Name", "Mary", 4);
querySetCell(qOriginal, "Email", "[email protected]", 4);
querySetCell(qOriginal, "CountryCode", "EURO", 4);
querySetCell(qOriginal, "Name", "John", 5);
querySetCell(qOriginal, "Email", "[email protected]", 5);
querySetCell(qOriginal, "CountryCode", "EURO", 5);
</cfscript>
<cfquery name="qCountries" dbtype="query">
SELECT DISTINCT(CountryCode) AS CountryCode,
DECODE(states, "AMER", "North America & Canada",
"EURO", "Europe & Africa", "ASIA", "Japan &
Asia","") CountryName
FROM qOriginal
ORDER BY CountryCode
</cfquery>
<cfdump var="#qCountries#">

So running this returned the following error:
Query Of Queries syntax error.
Encountered "(. Incorrect Select Statement, Expecting a
'FROM', but encountered '(' instead, A select statement should have
a 'FROM' construct.
Does anybody know why this doesn't work? Is it just not
supported? Please note that I have also tried to use the CASE()
function instead of DECODE() and that resulted in basically the
same error. For now I an looping over my distinct query with a
switch statement and manually loading a new query with the data how
I want it. But it would be a lot cleaner and less code to have the
DECODE() to work. Thx!

DECODE() is an Oracle function, not generic SQL. Q-of-Q is a
very limited subset of SQL and lacks many functions and clauses
available in standard SQL, especially what you may be used to using
in your particular RDBMS.
See
Query
of Queries user guide
Phil

Regarding decode function

Hi all,
i want to know abt decode function in oracle-sql
i..e passing the parameters in decode using decode using ":" bind parameter
select JOB, decode(:j,'CLERK','MANAGER','ANALYST','EXEC',JOB) FROM EMP;
i declared the j variable in sql environment
VARIABLE J VARCHAR2(20);
i exec the query
and passed as the clerk as input parameter
but iam getting the o/p as
JOB DECODE(:J
MANAGER MANAGER
MANAGER MANAGER
MANAGER MANAGER
SALESMAN SALESMAN
SALESMAN SALESMAN
SALESMAN SALESMAN
CLERK CLERK
SALESMAN SALESMAN
ANALYST ANALYST
CLERK CLERK
ANALYST ANALYST
JOB DECODE(:J
CLERK CLERK
12 rows selected.
SQL> PRINT J;
J
im not getting o/p
so please hlelp me only : should be used not &
this is my first thread.
execuse me if any mistakes
tons of thanks in advance to all

SORRY DAVE,ROD FOR NOT BEING CLEAR,
IAM WORKING WITH EMP TABLE THE DATA IN IT IS LIKE THIS
EMPNO ENAME JOB MGR HIREDATE SAL COMM DEPTNO
7698 BLAKE MANAGER 7839 01-MAY-81 2850 30
7782 CLARK MANAGER 7839 09-JUN-81 2450 10
7566 JONES MANAGER 7839 02-APR-81 2975 20
7654 MARTIN SALESMAN 7698 28-SEP-81 1250 1400 30
7499 chaitu SALESMAN 7698 20-FEB-81 1600 300 10
7844 TURNER SALESMAN 7698 08-SEP-81 1500 0 30
7900 JAMES CLERK 7698 03-DEC-81 950 30
7521 WARD SALESMAN 7698 22-FEB-81 1250 500 30
7902 FORD ANALYST 7566 03-DEC-81 3000 20
7369 SMITH CLERK 7902 17-DEC-80 800 20
7788 SCOTT ANALYST 7566 09-DEC-82 3000 20
EMPNO ENAME JOB MGR HIREDATE SAL COMM DEPTNO
7876 ADAMS CLERK 7788 12-JAN-83 1100 20
AND I USED DECODE FUNCTION
select JOB BEFOREPROMOTION, decode(job,'CLERK','MANAGER','ANALYST','EXEC') PROMOTION FROM EMP
BEFOREPRO PROMOTI
MANAGER
MANAGER
MANAGER
SALESMAN
SALESMAN
SALESMAN
CLERK MANAGER
SALESMAN
ANALYST EXEC
CLERK MANAGER
ANALYST EXEC
I..E ALL THE CLERKS TO MANAGERS AND SAME THING WITH ANALYST
OK
NOW I WILL SHOW U ANOTHER QUERY
select job,decode(job,'CLERK','MANAGER','ANALYST','EXEC',JOB) FROM EMP where job=&job;
Enter value for job: 'CLERK'
old 1: select job,decode(job,'CLERK','MANAGER','ANALYST','EXEC',JOB) FROM EMP where job=&job
new 1: select job,decode(job,'CLERK','MANAGER','ANALYST','EXEC',JOB) FROM EMP where job='CLERK'
JOB DECODE(JO
CLERK MANAGER
CLERK MANAGER
CLERK MANAGER
HERE OBSERVE THAT I PASSED JOB ='CLERKS AS PARAMETER AFTER EXECUTING THE QUERY
IT ASKED LIKE THIS AND SHOWED THE REPLACED VALUES
Enter value for job: 'CLERK'
AS SHOWN ABOVE
FOR THIS TO PASS VALUE
IN TO THE QUERY BY USING AMPERSAND('&')
TO TAKE INPUT AS CLERK
IT CHECKED AND RETURNED THE VALUE
IN THE SIMILAR WAY CAN I USE ":" COLON
TO PASS PARAMETERS
IN TO THE QUERY
CAN I USE IT
REGARDS,
PHANI
Edited by: user10652894 on Nov 26, 2008 3:24 AM

Using DECODE Function to change data

I am trying to use the Decode function in a SQL statement to find a field that has a specific type, and when it finds that type, I want to blank out the results in a different field.
For example:
DECODE(ADDR_TYPE,'HOME',PHONE='') HOME_PHONE

something like:
SQL> with t as
2   (select 219 id,
3           'BUS' addr_type,
4           '505-555-5555' phone
5      from dual
6    union
7    select 219 id,
8           'HOME' addr_type,
9           null   phone
10      from dual
11    union
12    select 220 id,
13           'BUS' addr_type,
14           '101-111-1111'   phone
15      from dual
16    union
17    select 220 id,
18           'HOME' addr_type,
19           null   phone
20      from dual
21    union
22    select 223 id,
23           'BUS' addr_type,
24           '202-222-2222'   phone
25      from dual
26    union
27    select 224 id,
28           'HOME' addr_type,
29           '303-333-3333'   phone
30      from dual
31    union
32    select 225 id,
33           'BUS' addr_type,
34           null   phone
35      from dual
36    union
37    select 226 id,
38           'HOME' addr_type,
39           null   phone
40      from dual)
41 select a.id,
42         a.addr_type,
43         decode(a.addr_type,'BUS',phone,null) phone
44    from (select id, addr_type, phone,
45                 row_number() over (partition by id order by id, decode(addr_type,'BUS',1,2)) rn
46            from t) a
47   where a.rn = 1;
        ID ADDR PHONE
       219 BUS 505-555-5555
       220 BUS 101-111-1111
       223 BUS 202-222-2222
       224 HOME
       225 BUS
       226 HOME
6 rows selected.
SQL>

PL/SQL URL decode function

I am looking for a pl/sql url decode function. Does not appear to be in owa_util or htp/htf. Does any one have one please?

You can use the utl_url package that provides public APIs for both encoding and recoding purposes.

How can i use this expression in DECODE function?

My PNO table formart is
PNO PDate PCount
P001 08/27/05 09:45 20
P001 08/27/05 09:50 10
P002 08/27/05 03:40 20
P003 08/28/05 11:00 20
P003 09/28/05 10:00 20
P003 08/27/05 11:00 10
P003 09/27/05 04:00 50
I want to display total pcount for shift1(morning) and shift2(evening) & the date is 08/27/05
PNO Shift1(08/27/2005 08:00 to 12:30) Shift2(08/27/2005 02:00 to 05:30)
P001 30 0
P002 0 20
P004 10 50
So for shift1 condition is:
pdate>=08/27/2005 08:00 and pdate<=08/27/2005 12:30
So for shift2 condition is:
pdate>=08/27/2005 02:00 and pdate<=08/27/2005 05:30
If i tried to give this expression in decode function , its not working.
Please give me the sql query to solve this problem.
Millions of thanks in advacne

forgot to paste the output for a given date.
SQL> create table pno
2 (pno varchar2(32)
3 ,pdate date
4 ,pcount number)
5 /
Table created.
SQL>
SQL> insert into pno values('P001', to_Date('08/27/05 09:45', 'mm/dd/yy hh:mi') ,20)
2 /
1 row created.
SQL> insert into pno values('P001', to_Date('08/27/05 09:50', 'mm/dd/yy hh:mi') ,10)
2 /
1 row created.
SQL> insert into pno values('P002', to_Date('08/27/05 03:40', 'mm/dd/yy hh:mi') ,20)
2 /
1 row created.
SQL>
SQL> insert into pno values('P003', to_Date('08/28/05 11:00', 'mm/dd/yy hh:mi') ,20)
2 /
1 row created.
SQL> insert into pno values('P003', to_Date('09/28/05 10:00', 'mm/dd/yy hh:mi') ,20)
2 /
1 row created.
SQL> insert into pno values('P003', to_Date('08/27/05 11:00', 'mm/dd/yy hh:mi') ,10)
2 /
1 row created.
SQL> insert into pno values('P003', to_Date('09/27/05 04:00', 'mm/dd/yy hh:mi') ,50)
2 /
1 row created.
SQL> select pno,sum(pcount) "Morning Shift Count"
2 from pno
3 where to_char(pdate, 'mm/dd/yyyy hh:mi') >= '08/27/2005 08:00'
4 and to_char(pdate, 'mm/dd/yyyy hh:mi') <='08/27/2005 12:30'
5 group by pno
6 /
PNO Morning Shift Count
P001 30
P003 10
SQL> select pno,sum(pcount) "Evening Shift Count"
2 from pno
3 where to_char(pdate, 'mm/dd/yyyy hh:mi') >= '08/27/2005 02:00'
4 and to_char(pdate, 'mm/dd/yyyy hh:mi') <='08/27/2005 05:30'
5 group by pno
6 /
PNO Evening Shift Count
P002 20

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