| From: | Raymond O'Donnell <rod(at)iol(dot)ie> |
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| To: | 'PostgreSQL' <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: case expression |
| Date: | 2008-09-24 22:19:02 |
| Message-ID: | 48DABCD6.9020806@iol.ie |
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On 24/09/2008 23:22, Garry Saddington wrote:
>> Garry Saddington <garry(at)schoolteachers(dot)co(dot)uk> writes:
>>> CASE WHEN postcode ilike '%OO%' THEN ''
>>> END
>>> from addresses
>
> It does work but returns a column called case. How can I return the case
> column as 'postcode'?
...case when postcode ilike '%OO%' then '' end as postcode, ...
BTW, should you have an "else" clause in there? - What happens when the
comparison fails?
Ray.
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