From: Peter Brawley
Date: November 28 2005 7:36pm
Subject: Re: How to use Logic in View Statment?
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Scott

 >select
 >fieldOne,
 >fieldTwo,
 >if(fieldThree.length>0) then fieldThree as Company
 >else fieldFour as Company
 >from table;

SELECT
   fieldOne,
   fieldTwo,
   IF( LENGTH( fieldthree ) > 0, fieldthree, fieldFour ) AS Company
FROM table;

PB

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Scott Klarenbach wrote:

>I'd like to do the following in my view
>
>select
>  fieldOne,
>  fieldTwo,
>  if(fieldThree.length>0) then fieldThree as Company
>  else fieldFour as Company
>
>from table;
>
>I realize this syntax isn't correct and length doesn't exists, but is
>this possible?  I've seen it done in SQLServer, but can't remember the
>syntax.
>
>  
>


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