How to use decode function in oracle apex 3.2.1

Hello Friends,
how to use decode
var_decode := 'decode'||'('|| var1 ||','|| -800000000000000||','||'.A'||','||
appreciate your help.
regards/kumar
Edited by: kumar73 on Apr 23, 2010 12:25 PM
Edited by: kumar73 on Apr 23, 2010 12:27 PM

Hey just on this particular point, there's a handy PL/SQL method for escaping quotation characters which may reduce the complexity of the string.
For example, if I had a string:
I can't understand why quoting my 'quote' characters never seems to "work"!and I wanted to pass that into a variable, I could do this:
vc_foo:= 'I can''t understand why my ''quote'' characters never seems to "work"!';or I could use the q function, whereby you enclose your string within a quote delimiter of your choice, like so:
vc_foo:= q'^I can't understand why quoting my 'quote' characters never seems to "work"!^';
note: I used the caret (^) character by convention but any valid character will do
...all of which leaves your original string more or less unadulterated.
I find this particularly useful for generating dynamic SQL and dynamic PL/SQL, as it leave the query looking a tad more readable, although if you are chaining together multiple strings with double-pipes, it can make it a little muddier. I find it particularly useful if I'm going to deal with string data from, for example, a field with Irish-derived surnames such as "O'Reilly"...
Give it a go!

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Dear Sir / Madam,
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