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Home > Forums > Programmers > DBMS Packages > IBM: DB2 Forum

Use of Case in the where clause

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snufse1 (Programmer)

15 Apr 09 13:15

I have a proc where I need to condition my "where" clause:

create procedure get_eqmdet
               (in @jobnumber char(12)
                   @costcode  char(8),
                   @suffix  char(2),

select ........
where  glmcu  = @jobnumber and
        glsub  = @costcode and
        case
            when @suffix = ' ' then glalty in ('  ', 'HR')
            when @suffix <> ' ' then glalty = @suffix
        end and ......



I am passing in @Suffix as a parm. I am getting error:
Keyword IN not expected. Valid tokens: END.

blom0344 (TechnicalUser)

15 Apr 09 15:39

AFAIK a CASE will return a certain VALUE for each record passed. In your situation it returns an expression. I doubt if this is allowed..

Ties Blom

fredericofonseca (IS/IT--Management)

16 Apr 09 4:21

This should do the trick
select ........
where  glmcu  = @jobnumber and
        glsub  = @costcode and
  and (
         (@suffix = ' ' and glalty in ('  ', 'HR')
      or (@suffix <> ' ' and glalty = @suffix)
      )

Regards

Frederico Fonseca
SysSoft Integrated Ltd
www.syssoft-int.com

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fredericofonseca (IS/IT--Management)

16 Apr 09 4:22

one bracket missing

select ........
where  glmcu  = @jobnumber and
        glsub  = @costcode and
  and (
         (@suffix = ' ' and glalty in ('  ', 'HR'))
      or (@suffix <> ' ' and glalty = @suffix)
      )

snufse1 (Programmer)

20 Apr 09 7:52

Thank you. Worked purrrfectly.....

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