If, then, else SQL select query

[Guest]

I would like to do a select query based on a list of if, then, else
statements. What is the syntax in an SQL select query?

Thanks in advance.

 

[Guest]

You can use the immediate if (IIF) in queries.
My preferred approach is to create a parameter query, assign values to
variables with If Then Else and set the query's parameters with the variables.

 

[David C. Holley]

SQL is a data access language, it is not a PROGRAMMING language. It is
not possible to put If...then...else statements into a SQL Statement
since SQL does not support If...Thens.

What are you trying to accomplish?

 

[Guest]

Basically I want it to do this:

For each row:
when table1.column1 = 'data' or table2.column1 = 'data' or table2.column2
='data' or table2.column3 = 'data' then 'constant'

I hope this is clear enough, if not let me know.
Thanks.

 

[Tim Ferguson]

For each row:
when table1.column1 = 'data' or table2.column1 = 'data' or
table2.column2 ='data' or table2.column3 = 'data' then 'constant'

Look up help for the IIF() function. But I strongly suspect a design
problem here...


B Wishes


Tim F