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Re: New feature: IfThen() intrinsic

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Serguei TARASSOV
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On Tue, 2 Feb 2016, Michael Van Canneyt wrote: At least Firebird & Microsoft SQL Server and MS-Access contain it. FastReport uses it. I use this since 15+ years, I didn't make up this name myself:-)

These products (remember Excel too) use managed code. Also, in SQL Server/FB/Access the functions are integrated into declarative language.
The calculating order of arguments in IIF is not defined, the query optimizer select the good plan (control of flow).

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Serguei