在oracle世界,你可以使用:

    1)case表達(dá)式      或者

    2)decode函數(shù)

    來(lái)實(shí)現(xiàn)邏輯判斷。Oracle的DECODE函數(shù)功能很強(qiáng),靈活運(yùn)用的話可以避免多次掃描,從而提高查詢的性能。而CASE是9i以后提供的語(yǔ)法,這個(gè)語(yǔ)法更加的靈活,提供了IF THEN ELSE的功能。   

    case表達(dá)式

    case表達(dá)式,可分兩種,簡(jiǎn)單和搜索,簡(jiǎn)單case后接表達(dá)式,如:

    對(duì)于簡(jiǎn)單的case需要幾點(diǎn)注意:

    1)尋找when的優(yōu)先級(jí):從上到下

    2)再多的when,也只有一個(gè)出口,即其中有一個(gè)滿足了expr就馬上退出case

    3)不能把return_expr和else_expr指定為null,而且,expr、comparison_expr和return_expr的數(shù)據(jù)類型必須相同。

    搜索case:

    CASE WHEN condition THEN return_expr

              [WHEN condition THEN return_expr]

              ...

    ELSE else_expr

    END

    例子:

  1. SELECT (CASE WHEN cust_credit_limit BETWEEN  0 AND 3999 THEN  ' 0 - 3999'  
  2.    WHEN cust_credit_limit BETWEEN  4000 AND 7999 THEN ' 4000 - 7999'  
  3.    WHEN cust_credit_limit BETWEEN  8000 AND 11999 THEN  ' 8000 - 11999'  
  4.    WHEN cust_credit_limit BETWEEN  12000 AND 16000 THEN '12000 - 16000' END)  
  5.   AS BUCKET, COUNT(*) AS Count_in_Group  
  6. FROM customers WHERE cust_city = 'Marshal' GROUP BY  
  7.  (CASE WHEN cust_credit_limit BETWEEN  0 AND 3999 THEN ' 0 - 3999'  
  8.  WHEN cust_credit_limit BETWEEN  4000 AND 7999 THEN ' 4000 - 7999'  
  9.  WHEN cust_credit_limit BETWEEN  8000 AND 11999 THEN  ' 8000 - 11999'  
  10.  WHEN cust_credit_limit BETWEEN  12000 AND 16000 THEN '12000 - 16000' END);  
  11.   
  12. BUCKET        COUNT_IN_GROUP  
  13. ------------- --------------  
  14.  0 - 3999                  8  
  15.  4000 - 7999               7  
  16.  8000 - 11999              7  
  17. 12000 - 16000              1  

    用decode可以違反第3NF(行不可再分,列不可再分,列不可重復(fù)):列重復(fù)

  1. hr@ORCL> select * from a;  
  2.   
  3.         ID NAME  
  4. ---------- ----------  
  5.          1 a  
  6.          2 b  
  7.          3 c  
  8.          1 a  
  9.   
  10. hr@ORCL> select sum(decode(id,1,1,0)) think,  
  11.   2             sum(decode(id,2,2,0)) water,  
  12.   3             sum(decode(id,3,3,0)) linshuibin  
  13.   4        from a;  
  14.   
  15.      THINK      WATER LINSHUIBIN  
  16. ---------- ---------- ----------  
  17.          2          2          3  

 

    一個(gè)字段,decode函數(shù)可以完全改寫簡(jiǎn)單case;

    多個(gè)字段,需要復(fù)雜的case,方可。

    語(yǔ)法:
    DECODE(value,if1,then1,if2,then2,if3,then3,...,else),表示如果value等于if1時(shí),DECODE函數(shù)的
結(jié)果返then1,...,如果不等于任何一個(gè)if值,則返回else。可以用函數(shù)或表達(dá)式來(lái)替代value,if,then,else從而作出一些更有用的比較。

    來(lái)看看具體的運(yùn)用:
    1 假設(shè)我們想給百度職員加工資,其標(biāo)準(zhǔn)是:工資在8000元以下的將加20%;工資在8000元以上的加
15%
    則:

    select decode(sign(salary - 8000),1,salary*1.15,-1,salary*1.2,salary) "revised_salary" from employee

    2 表table_subject,有subject_name列。要求按照:語(yǔ)、數(shù)、外的順序進(jìn)行排序
    則:

    select * from table_subject order by decode(subject_name, '語(yǔ)文', 1, '數(shù)學(xué)', 2, , '外語(yǔ)',3)

    decode和簡(jiǎn)單case的性能比較

 

   

Oracle的DECODE函數(shù)功能很強(qiáng),靈活運(yùn)用的話可以避免多次掃描,從而提高查詢的性能。而CASE是9i以后提供的語(yǔ)法,這個(gè)語(yǔ)法更加的靈活,提供了IF THEN ELSE的功能。


對(duì)于很多情況,DECODE和CASE都能解決問題,個(gè)人更傾向于使用DECODE,一方面是從8i保留下來(lái)的習(xí)慣,另一方面是DECODE的語(yǔ)法更加的簡(jiǎn)潔,代碼量要小一些。

不過(guò)今天在看Oracle9i的數(shù)據(jù)倉(cāng)庫(kù)手冊(cè)時(shí)發(fā)現(xiàn),Oracle在文檔中提到CASE語(yǔ)句的效率會(huì)更高一些,尤其是CASE表達(dá)式 WHEN 常量 THEN的語(yǔ)法,效率要比CASE WHEN表達(dá)式 THEN的語(yǔ)法更高一些。對(duì)于后面這種說(shuō)法倒是沒有太多的疑問,對(duì)于CASE比DECODE效率高這種說(shuō)法倒是第一次看到,印象中DECODE效率很高,應(yīng)該不會(huì)比CASE的效率差。

到底效率如何,還是要具體的實(shí)例來(lái)說(shuō):

SQL> CREATE TABLE T AS
2 SELECT A.*
3 FROM DBA_OBJECTS A, DBA_MVIEWS;

Table created.

SQL> SELECT COUNT(*) FROM T;

COUNT(*)
----------
6075760

下面檢查DECODE和兩種CASE語(yǔ)句的效率:

SQL> SET ARRAY 1000
SQL> SET TIMING ON
SQL> SET AUTOT TRACE 
SQL> SELECT DECODE(OWNER, 'SYSTEM', 'SYSTEM', 'SYS', 'SYSTEM', 'USER') 
2 FROM T;

6075760 rows selected.

Elapsed: 00:00:07.24

Execution Plan
----------------------------------------------------------
Plan hash value: 1601196873

--------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Id | Operation | Name | Rows | Bytes | Cost (%CPU)| Time |
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
| 0 | SELECT STATEMENT | | 4245K| 68M| 13828 (1)| 00:03:14 |
| 1 | TABLE ACCESS FULL| T | 4245K| 68M| 13828 (1)| 00:03:14 |
--------------------------------------------------------------------------

Note
-----
- dynamic sampling used for this statement


Statistics
----------------------------------------------------------
0 recursive calls
0 db block gets
47551 consistent gets
0 physical reads
0 redo size
46288564 bytes sent via SQL*Net to client
67317 bytes received via SQL*Net from client
6077 SQL*Net roundtrips to/from client
0 sorts (memory)
0 sorts (disk)
6075760 rows processed

SQL> SELECT CASE OWNER WHEN 'SYSTEM' THEN 'SYSTEM'
2 WHEN 'SYS' THEN 'SYSTEM' 
3 ELSE 'USER' END 
4 FROM T;

6075760 rows selected.

Elapsed: 00:00:07.22

Execution Plan
----------------------------------------------------------
Plan hash value: 1601196873

--------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Id | Operation | Name | Rows | Bytes | Cost (%CPU)| Time |
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
| 0 | SELECT STATEMENT | | 4245K| 68M| 13828 (1)| 00:03:14 |
| 1 | TABLE ACCESS FULL| T | 4245K| 68M| 13828 (1)| 00:03:14 |
--------------------------------------------------------------------------

Note
-----
- dynamic sampling used for this statement


Statistics
----------------------------------------------------------
0 recursive calls
0 db block gets
47551 consistent gets
0 physical reads
0 redo size
46288578 bytes sent via SQL*Net to client
67317 bytes received via SQL*Net from client
6077 SQL*Net roundtrips to/from client
0 sorts (memory)
0 sorts (disk)
6075760 rows processed

SQL> SELECT CASE WHEN OWNER = 'SYSTEM' THEN 'SYSTEM'
2 WHEN OWNER = 'SYS' THEN 'SYSTEM' 
3 ELSE 'USER' END 
4 FROM T;

6075760 rows selected.

Elapsed: 00:00:07.23

Execution Plan
----------------------------------------------------------
Plan hash value: 1601196873

--------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Id | Operation | Name | Rows | Bytes | Cost (%CPU)| Time |
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
| 0 | SELECT STATEMENT | | 4245K| 68M| 13828 (1)| 00:03:14 |
| 1 | TABLE ACCESS FULL| T | 4245K| 68M| 13828 (1)| 00:03:14 |
--------------------------------------------------------------------------

Note
-----
- dynamic sampling used for this statement


Statistics
----------------------------------------------------------
0 recursive calls
0 db block gets
47551 consistent gets
0 physical reads
0 redo size
46288585 bytes sent via SQL*Net to client
67317 bytes received via SQL*Net from client
6077 SQL*Net roundtrips to/from client
0 sorts (memory)
0 sorts (disk)
6075760 rows processed