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if else error

varunkum

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December 21, 2010 at 12:01 pm

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select (if (DESCRIPTION= 'Stop save') then ('gddo'); else ('turr'); end if;) as dep
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missing right parenthesis' error message. What's the mistake.
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mister.magoo SSC-Forever Points: 47174 More actions · Answer 1

varunkum (12/21/2010)
select (if (DESCRIPTION= 'Stop save') then ('gddo'); else ('turr'); end if;) as dep
from CIRC.TAG
missing right parenthesis' error message. What's the mistake.

You can't use "if" in a SELECT

select CASE WHEN DESCRIPTION= 'Stop save' THEN 'gddo' ELSE 'turr' END as dep

from CIRC.TAG

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mtillman-921105 SSCertifiable Points: 7156 More actions · Answer 2

I think a CASE statement would work here rather than using an IF. (IF won't work within a SELECT.)

SELECT CASE WHEN DESCRIPTION= 'Stop save' THEN 'gddo' ELSE 'turr' END as dep

from CIRC.TAG

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varunkum Default port Points: 1481 More actions · Answer 3

Thank you both guys. That was a silly mistake isn't it.

mtillman-921105 SSCertifiable Points: 7156 More actions · Answer 4

No worries, if you're not used to the syntax, then nothing's easy about it. 🙂

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varunkum Default port Points: 1481 More actions · Answer 5

I used DECODE instead of CASE. It's exactly same iif in T-sql.

Forget to tell you, i have been doing this in Oracle.

mtillman-921105 SSCertifiable Points: 7156 More actions · Answer 6

varunkum (12/21/2010)
I used DECODE instead of CASE. It's exactly same iif in T-sql.
Forget to tell you, i have been doing this in Oracle.

Sometimes I wish that t-sql had an IIF. But a CASE does the same thing anyway.

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