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Hi Jon,
How about
SELECT DECODE(COLUMN1,'FAIL','THIS IS INCORRECT','THIS IS OK') RESULT FROM TESTINGTABLE; Hth,
Steve
Jon wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I would like to know if it is posible to add some conditional behaivour to a
> select statement. I mean that if have a table that contains sometimes the
> 'OK' value and 'FAIL' for other rows so I could create a statement that when
> the row contains 'OK' it would print 'this is the correct value' and on the
> other hand when it contains 'FAIL' it just prints 'this is not the correct
> value'
>
> Thanks for you help
>
> PS. this task is accomplish in SYBASE using 'CASE WHEN...'
Received on Wed Apr 04 2001 - 13:14:36 CDT