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nvl use on something that may not return a record

789736Oct 10 2013 — edited Oct 10 2013

Hi guys, im hjaving issues in that a bit of sql I am using nvl on is not working if the record I am retrieving does not exist. ie in my nvl I am selectign a value froma table in which the record does not exist, if it does exist I will use the value returned, if the record does not exist I wish to use a different value. However it appears that if the record doesnt exist the nvl (or decode) wont work. Is there any way around this?

Thanks

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