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QUESTION POSED ON: 20 November 2006
Why isn't CASE supported by PL/SQL in definition of cursor? I used the following command: 
declare
temp varchar2(100);
cursor cDet is
select
case    when length('pippo - pluto - paperino')>5   then 'OK' else 'NO'
END
from dual;
begin
open cDet;
fetch cDet  into temp;
    WHILE cDet%found LOOP
        dbms_output.put_line(temp);
        fetch cDet into temp;
    end loop;
    close cDet;
end;
It doesn't work, but if I use the following one it works fine: 
select
case    when length('pippo - pluto - paperino')>5   then 'OK' else 'NO'
END
from dual
Why?

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The case statement is supported by PL/SQL. The problem may be with your PL/SQL procedure. The below procedure works: 
declare
   temp varchar2(100);
   cursor cdet is
     select 
    case 
       when length('pippo - pluto - paperino' )>5 then
          'OK'
        else
            'No'
    end
from dual;
begin
    open cdet;
      fetch cdet into temp;
       -- while cdet%found loop
         dbms_output.put_line('temp '||temp);
         --   fetch cdet into temp;
       -- end loop;
        
      close cdet;
end;


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