DECODE_ORACLE()

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Overview

In 10.6 ES, 10.6 CS, 10.5 ES, 10.5 CS, 10.4 ES, 10.4 CS, 10.3 ES, 10.3 CS:: This takes an expression and one or more pairs of "match,return" values to compare against the expression and returns either the first matching "return" value or NULL.

In 10.6 ES, 10.5 ES, 10.4 ES:: This takes an expression and one or more pairs of "match,return" values to compare against the expression and returns either the first matching "return" value or NULL.

SELECT DECODE_ORACLE('a','a',1,2) AS a;

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SELECT DECODE_ORACLE('a','ab',1,2) AS a;

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SET sql_mode=CONCAT(@@sql_mode, ',ORACLE');
SELECT DECODE(1,01,1,2) AS a;

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Release Series	History
10.6 Enterprise	Present starting in MariaDB Enterprise Server 10.6.4-1.
10.6 Community	Present starting in MariaDB Community Server 10.6.0.
10.5 Enterprise	Present starting in MariaDB Enterprise Server 10.5.3-1.
10.5 Community	Present starting in MariaDB Community Server 10.5.0.
10.4 Enterprise	Present starting in MariaDB Enterprise Server 10.4.6-1.
10.4 Community	Present starting in MariaDB Community Server 10.4.0.
10.3 Enterprise	Present starting in MariaDB Enterprise Server 10.3.16-1.
10.3 Community	Added in MariaDB Community Server 10.3.2.
10.2 Enterprise	Not present.
10.2 Community	Not present.

Release Series	History
10.6 Enterprise	Present starting in MariaDB Enterprise Server 10.6.4-1.
10.5 Enterprise	Present starting in MariaDB Enterprise Server 10.5.3-1.
10.4 Enterprise	Present starting in MariaDB Enterprise Server 10.4.6-1.

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