使用DECODE函数可以避免重复扫描相同记录或重复连接相同的表.
例如:
SELECT COUNT(*)，SUM(SAL)
FROM EMP
WHERE DEPT_NO = 0020
AND ENAME LIKE ‘SMITH%’;
SELECT COUNT(*)，SUM(SAL)
FROM EMP
WHERE DEPT_NO = 0030
AND ENAME LIKE ‘SMITH%’;
你可以用DECODE函数高效地得到相同结果
SELECT COUNT(DECODE(DEPT_NO,0020,’X’,NULL)) D0020_COUNT,
COUNT(DECODE(DEPT_NO,0030,’X’,NULL)) D0030_COUNT,
SUM(DECODE(DEPT_NO,0020,SAL,NULL)) D0020_SAL,
SUM(DECODE(DEPT_NO,0030,SAL,NULL)) D0030_SAL
FROM EMP WHERE ENAME LIKE ‘SMITH%’;
类似的,DECODE函数也可以运用于GROUP BY 和ORDER BY子句中.