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Par2: SQL alternative to CHOOSE
2007-12-09 -- Jim Gambon
 
> I know that I can use Choose to return different fields from a TPS file on a > condition. > > Is there a similar functionality that will work inside a Prop:SQL(Select ... > operation? Check out the use of "CASE" in a Select statement. It usually works something like this (I may not have the syntax exactly correct): SELECT CASE "fieldToTest" WHEN 'A' THEN 'Blah' WHEN 'B' THEN 'BlahBlah' WHEN 'C' THEN 'WhoZits' ELSE 'Nada' END AS "ColName" FROM "tablename"


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