Conditional choice between two values

Question

I am wondering if there is a conditional selection between values in PL/SQL as there is the following in C-based languages: [condition] ? [value1] : [value2].

I would like to use it in an update statement as such:

UPDATE [table] SET [field] = [condition] ? [value1] : [value2] WHERE [where clause];

I've already though of DECODE, but I would like to use it directly and not store its result in a variable and then use it in the update statement.

Answer 1

You can try using the CASE statement

UPDATE [table]
SET [field] =
  CASE
    WHEN field2 = 'Y'
      THEN [value1]
    WHEN field2 = 'N'
      THEN [value2]
    ELSE 
  END;