From: Richard Huxton <dev@archonet.com>
To: C F <tacnaboyz@yahoo.com>
To: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: CASE returning multiple values (was SQL Help)
Date: Fri, 30 May 2003 17:40:06 +0100
Message-ID: <200305301740.06691.dev@archonet.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20030530154703.37238.qmail@web20415.mail.yahoo.com>
References: <20030530154703.37238.qmail@web20415.mail.yahoo.com>
On Friday 30 May 2003 4:47 pm, C F wrote:
> Hello,
> I already tried this same basic question with no response.... maybe I was
> too wordy.
I think it's more a case of nobody seeing a better way.
> select
> (case when column1 = column2 then column3 end) as alias1,
> (case when column1 = column2 then column4 end) as alias2,
> (case when column1 = column2 then column5 end) as alias3,
> (case when column6 = column7 then column8 end) as alias4
You could write a set returning function, but you'd just end up doing the same
thing. Can you explain what it is you're trying to acheive - real
fields/schemas etc?
--
Richard Huxton
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