From: Richard Broersma Jr <rabroersma@yahoo.com>
To: Ashish Ahlawat <ahlawat.ashish@gmail.com>
Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Using Control Flow Functions in a SELECT Statement
Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2006 08:30:55 -0800 (PST)
Message-ID: <81103.2480.qm@web31804.mail.mud.yahoo.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <682126990612040821p88a04d7la2a230901d118921@mail.gmail.com>
> *ORA: 00907: Missing right parenthesis*
> Query :-
> SELECT Name AS Title, StatID AS Status, RatingID AS Rating,
> IF(NumDisks>1, 'Check for extra disks!', 'Only 1 disk.') AS Verify
What kind of error is ORA? Is this an oracle error?
In postgresql I do not believe that the "IF" predicate exists. However the "CASE" predicate does
and will do what you want.
http://www.postgresql.org/files/documentation/books/aw_pgsql/node44.html
Regards,
Richard Broersma Jr.
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