Using Parameters in Order By Clause in PL - SQL

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• Submitted on: 2008-04-15 01:56:23

• Submitted By: Shekhar

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Basically I have a procedure which takes a parameter (p_sort_by) and establishes which column to sort by based on this parameter. It does this using the DECODE function, which has similar functionality to IF-THEN-ELSE statements. I could have alternatively used CASE statements here, which are easier to understand, but they are not supported in older versions of Oracle.    More detail...

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