From: | Stephan Szabo <sszabo(at)megazone23(dot)bigpanda(dot)com> |
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To: | Tom Haddon <tom(at)betterhealthfoundation(dot)org> |
Cc: | <pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: Case Statement |
Date: | 2002-07-31 23:17:04 |
Message-ID: | 20020731160809.M21990-100000@megazone23.bigpanda.com |
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On Wed, 31 Jul 2002, Tom Haddon wrote:
> Hi Folks,
>
> Pretty basic one here. I'm trying to do a SELECT statement that includes a
> CASE structure that will be used in the ORDER BY clause, and I want the CASE
> structure to evaluate a bunch of criteria and in each case increment its
> value by a certain amount:
>
> SELECT id, description CASE
> field1 IS TRUE THEN CASE=CASE+1
> field2 IS TRUE THEN CASE=CASE+2
> END
> FROM table
> ORDER BY CASE, description;
>
> Am I misunderstanding what CASE can do here, and if so, how else do I do
> what I'm trying to do? I know that that isn't right - any pointers
> appreciated.
Are you trying to get a 0-3 based on field1 and field2 or some kind of
aggregate? The first you can do that with something like
case when field1 is true then 1 else 0 end +
case when field2 is true then 2 else 0 end
I think. (Extend for more columns)
Or if you've got like 7-8 columns maybe just make a function that does
the work for you for clarity.
You'll also need a comma after description and you'll want to alias the
case expression and use that in order by or use the position number.
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