Try it on current snapshot. Any comment Jan?
-DEJ
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Clark Evans [mailto:clark(dot)evans(at)manhattanproject(dot)com]
> Sent: Monday, March 29, 1999 6:01 PM
> To: Jackson, DeJuan
> Cc: Eduardo Noeda; pgsql-sql(at)postgreSQL(dot)org
> Subject: Re: [SQL] IIF..
>
>
> "Jackson, DeJuan" wrote:
> > It would be:
> > SELECT (CASE Number
> > WHEN 1 THEN 'First'
> > ELSE 'Other'
> > END) AS Description
> > FROM Table
>
> Way cool. A new trick for me.
> This is similar to DECODE, I assume.
>
> However, I tried this test on a snapshot
> about a week old, and this is the result:
>
> > Welcome to the POSTGRESQL interactive sql monitor:
> > Please read the file COPYRIGHT for copyright terms of POSTGRESQL
> >
> > type \? for help on slash commands
> > type \q to quit
> > type \g or terminate with semicolon to execute query
> > You are currently connected to the database: clark
> >
> > clark=> create table test (a text, b int4 );
> > CREATE
> > clark=> insert into test values ( 'one', 1);
> > INSERT 18634 1
> > clark=> insert into test values ( 'two', 2);
> > INSERT 18635 1
> > clark=> insert into test values ( null, null);
> > INSERT 18636
> > clark=> select ( case b when 1 then 'first' else 'other'
> end ) as xx from test;
> > ERROR: copyObject: don't know how to copy 704
> > clark=>
> >
>
> Did this work in earlier versions? If so, then perhaps this
> should be added to a regression test if it isn't already.
>
> Best,
>
> Clark
>