Re: [SQL] IIF..

"Jackson, DeJuan" wrote:
> It would be:
> SELECT (CASE Number
> WHEN 1 THEN 'First'
> ELSE 'Other'
> END) AS Description
> FROM Table

Way cool. A new trick for me.
This is similar to DECODE, I assume.

However, I tried this test on a snapshot
about a week old, and this is the result:

> Welcome to the POSTGRESQL interactive sql monitor:
> Please read the file COPYRIGHT for copyright terms of POSTGRESQL
>
> type \? for help on slash commands
> type \q to quit
> type \g or terminate with semicolon to execute query
> You are currently connected to the database: clark
>
> clark=> create table test (a text, b int4 );
> CREATE
> clark=> insert into test values ( 'one', 1);
> INSERT 18634 1
> clark=> insert into test values ( 'two', 2);
> INSERT 18635 1
> clark=> insert into test values ( null, null);
> INSERT 18636
> clark=> select ( case b when 1 then 'first' else 'other' end ) as xx from test;
> ERROR: copyObject: don't know how to copy 704
> clark=>
>

Did this work in earlier versions? If so, then perhaps this
should be added to a regression test if it isn't already.

Best,

Clark