CASE Statement in SQL Server
CASE Statement in SQL Server The CASE Statement fundamentals The CASE statement is SQL's way of handling if/then logic. What is CASE in SQL? SQL CASE statement evaluates a condition and returns a result that meets that condition. If none of the conditions is evaluated to TRUE it returns a value from the ELSE block. In simple words, the CASE expression is the way to build the IF - THEN logic into SQL. Why is CASE so important in SQL? If you’re analyzing or manipulating data, you’ll often want to define rules based on certain conditions therefore CASE helps us to retrive data based on our requirement. A quick review of CASE rules: CASE must be followed by at least one WHEN... THEN expression Every CASE statement must end with t...