Re: [despammed] sql can i substitute

am  17.12.2004, um 16:55:45 +0530 mailte Kenneth Gonsalves folgendes:
> hi
> 
> table:
> 
> name varchar(10)
> fruit integer
> 
> i want to write an sql statement like this:
> 
> select fruit from table
> 
> which should return 'good' if fruit = 1 and 'bad' if fruit =2 and 'rotten' if 
> fruit =3
> 
> can it be done?

Okay:

test=# select * from fruit; name  | fruit
--------+-------Apple  |     1Banana |     2Cherry |     3
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test=# select name, fruit,  case
test-# when fruit = 1 then 'good'
test-# when fruit = 2 then 'bad'
test-# when fruit = 3 then 'rotten' end from fruit; name  | fruit |  case
--------+-------+--------Apple  |     1 | goodBanana |     2 | badCherry |     3 | rotten
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Please read
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/7.4/interactive/functions-conditional.html#AEN11381



Regards, Andreas
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