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Please make NVL2 available in PL/SQL

ApexBineNov 25 2019 — edited May 8 2020

NVL2 is precise and it's shorter than the corresponding case expression.

I can't see a reason why it should be available in SQL only.

NVL2 SQL doc:

https://docs.oracle.com/en/database/oracle/oracle-database/19/sqlrf/NVL2.html#GUID-414D6E81-9627-4163-8AC2-BD24E57742AE

If you can't resist, feel free to post your workarounds, but please don't forget to vote up

(Yes, writing my own NVL2 is workaround #1.)

NVL2 for PL/SQL has been implemented in Oracle Database 20c.

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