Re: Select case

select case field
when 'Stuff' then 'Junk'
when 'Crap' then 'Darn'
end
from table

That'd ought to do what you want.

On Fri, 2002-10-25 at 11:59, Chad Thompson wrote:
> I want to be able to change the results that are output from a query like so.
>
> select field
> from table
> if field = 'Stuff' then 'Junk'
> elseif field = 'Crap' then 'Darn'
>
> Since I am not quite sure what to look for, I have been unable to find anything in the docs. Select case doesnt seem to do what I want, but maybe I just dont understand.
>
> Thanks
> Chad
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