Re: IF function?

David Fetter wrote:
>
> On Mon, Apr 30, 2007 at 10:51:36PM -0700, novnov wrote:
>>
>> Does postgresql have a built in IF function that allows one to eval a
>> condition and return one or another value? Like:
>>
>> IIF(mybooleanfield = true, "It's true", "It's not true")
>
> It has CASE, as in
>
> CASE foo WHEN true THEN 'It''s true' ELSE 'It''s not true' END;
>
> Cheers,
> D
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I didn't express myself clearly. Is there an IIF type function one can use
inline in a view?

SELECT UserName, IIF(mybooleanfield = true, "It's true", "It's not true") as
SayIt FROM tblUser

I don't think there is, and I don't 'need' it, just could be handy once in a
while.

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