Re: Inserting an IF statement in the middle of a SELECT in pl/pgSQL code

You should try 'Coalesce' function.

By the way, your "incident_date-to-quarter" expression could be shortened:

SELECT DISTINCT(pi.serial_number) AS "Incident ID",
to_char(pi.incident_date,'Mon-dd-yyyy') AS "Incident date",
to_char(pi.date_created,'Mon-dd-yyyy') AS "Report Date",
(((EXTRACT (MONTH FROM pi.incident_date ))::integer - 1) / 3) + 1 AS
Quarter
...

Regards,
Fernando.

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De: pgsql-sql-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org [mailto:pgsql-sql-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org]
En nombre de Norm Garand
Enviado el: Martes, 17 de Julio de 2007 23:43
Para: pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org
Asunto: [SQL] Inserting an IF statement in the middle of a SELECT in
pl/pgSQL code

Hi:

I can't seem to resolve this issue. I have a fair sized SELECT statement
that runs properly in a
stored procedure using pl/pgSQL, but I have certain parts of the query that
can filter by a NULL
value, or a character string.
What I can't seem to do is insert a conditional IF statement in my code.

Here is how it starts:

DECLARE
r zrec_dd_holder%rowtype;
BEGIN
FOR r IN

SELECT DISTINCT(pi.serial_number) AS "Incident ID",
to_char(pi.incident_date,'Mon-dd-yyyy') AS "Incident date",
to_char(pi.date_created,'Mon-dd-yyyy') AS "Report Date",

CASE
WHEN EXTRACT ( MONTH FROM pi.incident_date ) = 1 THEN 1
WHEN EXTRACT ( MONTH FROM pi.incident_date ) = 2 THEN 1
WHEN EXTRACT ( MONTH FROM pi.incident_date ) = 3 THEN 1
WHEN EXTRACT ( MONTH FROM pi.incident_date ) = 4 THEN 2
WHEN EXTRACT ( MONTH FROM pi.incident_date ) = 5 THEN 2
WHEN EXTRACT ( MONTH FROM pi.incident_date ) = 6 THEN 2
WHEN EXTRACT ( MONTH FROM pi.incident_date ) = 7 THEN 3
WHEN EXTRACT ( MONTH FROM pi.incident_date ) = 8 THEN 3
WHEN EXTRACT ( MONTH FROM pi.incident_date ) = 9 THEN 3
WHEN EXTRACT ( MONTH FROM pi.incident_date ) = 10 THEN 4
WHEN EXTRACT ( MONTH FROM pi.incident_date ) = 11 THEN 4
WHEN EXTRACT ( MONTH FROM pi.incident_date ) = 12 THEN 4
END AS "Quarter",

pf.name AS "Facility",
pl.name AS "General Location",
f.long_desc AS "Specific Location",
......

The user can choose to allow the default (in this case NULL) or supply a
predetermined value for
"Specific Location".

In the WHERE portion of the SELECT statment, I'd like to insert the IF
statement shown below. I've
tried single and double quotes and the pipeline for concatenation, but
nothing seems to work. Any
suggestions or resolutions would be greatly appreciated. Please feel free to
contact me directly.

AND pi.id = pid.id
AND ( pid.incident_type_cid BETWEEN 117 AND 123 )

/---------------
IF $7 IS NOT NULL THEN
AND f.id = pid.specific_location_cid AND f.long_desc = $7
END IF
---------------/

AND ( pi.location_id = pl.id )
AND pf.id = pl.facility_id

AND pi.person_status_code_id = b.id

regards,

Norm

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