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  • November 5, 2012 at 10:22 am

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    malcolm.garbett (11/5/2012)

    Jeff Moden (11/5/2012)

    Nah... you didn't mislead. I forgot to include the column name being checked by the case statement. You picked up on that correct, it would appear.

    For your output, just alias the CASE statement with columnname = CASE .... and you should be all set.

    Forgive me for being obtuse but...

    Does this mean there will always be two columns though? Or is there a way to have just one column with the minus prefix when the conditions of the CASE statement are met?

    (Really appreciate this help, by the way. 🙂 )

    You can remove the Amount column that doesn't have the CASE statement. The Case statement will do just as you asked. It'll return a negative amount when the INV/Credit column starts with "SC" and a positive amount for everything else.

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