Question

For example:

SELECT a,
  IF (c = DECODE(b, "foo1", "bar1", "foo2", "bar2") THEN c ELSE 0),
  IF (d != DECODE(b, "foo1", "bar1", "foo2", "bar2") THEN d ELSE 2),
  IF (e = DECODE(b, "foo1", "bar1", "foo2", "bar2") THEN e ELSE 5)
FROM x

Seems like there should be a less repetitive way to do this…

Answer 1

use

SELECT 
a,
IF (c = b THEN c ELSE 0),
IF (d != b THEN d ELSE 2),
IF (e = b THEN e ELSE 5)
FROM
(SELECT a, DECODE(b, "foo1", "bar1", "foo2", "bar2") b, c, d, e from x);