Some how and some way I managed to goof up my development box so that for a function projection such as decode, I do not see the function parameters. Yes I know, sigh… So here is the basic decode statement to use for the times when I need a decode:

<quer:projection alias="EEORace_DNP" xmlns:quer="http://www.taleo.com/ws/integration/query">
<quer:decode>
<quer:field path="path"/>
<quer:field path="path"/>
<quer:field path="path"/>
</quer:decode>
</quer:projection>