wt is the diff b/w greast and max ,least and min?
wt is the diff b/w case and decod?
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Answer / satya
simply greatest,least are rowlevel functions
max,min are the column level functions
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Answer / shivaindu
greatest/Least: we can pass any no. of exp
Max/Min: we can pass one exp that may a column
Case: is a statement function, cannot process null
Decode: is a function, can process null, we can use in
update statement.
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Answer / jyothi
greatest gives largest value from the list of values passed
where as max gives maximum value in that column.similarly
least and min too.
decode performs only equality conditions and it doesn't work
in plsql.process null.
case compares all the cases.null cannot processed. case
performs all the actions of decode and it works in pl/sql.
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