July 13, 2009 at 8:38 am
Hi All
I have to 3 sql statements to compare the values in the dimension table.
All i need is i want do is i need to create the SQL procedure which return either 0 or 1 by keeping these 3 SQL statements in the CASE one by one where it has to return either 0 or 1 i.e if 1st,2nd or 3rd select statement returns any value it has to return '1' else it has to return '0' then the procedures also has to return either 0 or 1 accordingly.
Pls help me out in this issue..
Thanks In Advance
July 13, 2009 at 8:44 am
Greetings,
Not sure if you are asking for putting a CASE inside a stored procedure or if you want a single SELECT to use the CASE statement. It sounds like you already have 3 different SELECT statements to return your values and just want to have a flag turned on if any of them return a result. If so, then maybe this will help you.
DECLARE @CheckFlag tinyint
SET @CheckFlag = 0
IF EXISTS(SELECT * FROM MyTable WHERE Checks1 = true)
BEGIN
SET @ChecksFlag = 1
END
IF EXISTS(SELECT * FROM MyTable WHERE Checks2 = true)
BEGIN
SET @ChecksFlag = 1
END
IF EXISTS(SELECT * FROM MyTable WHERE Checks3 = true)
BEGIN
SET @ChecksFlag = 1
END
RETURN(@ChecksFlag) -- OR Just use it from the procedure.
July 13, 2009 at 9:14 am
Hi Thanks For the reply
ya i have 3 sql statements , it may return the value or may not return the value .If the 1st statement returns value then end the procedure by returning flag as "1" else go to 2nd SQL statement and it may return the value or may not return the value and if returns any value then end the procedure and return the flag as "1" and same in the case of 3rd...if all the 3 sql statements dont return the value end the procedure which returns "0" .... hope u got my problem...pls can u provide a proceedure for this?
Thanks in advance
July 13, 2009 at 9:19 am
Case is only used within a query. You'll have to use IF statements, like what Terrance has shown you.
Gail Shaw
Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability
July 13, 2009 at 9:36 am
Greetings,
If your concern is to not run all of the checks, then you can modify the IF statements as such:
IF EXISTS(SELECT * FROM MyTable WHERE Checks2 = true) AND @ChecksFlag = 0
BEGIN
SET @ChecksFlag = 1
END
Another option may be to set @ChecksFlag to a value between 1 and 3 to show which check it was validated against if you needed or wanted to know.
Have a good day.
Terry Steadman
July 17, 2009 at 6:57 am
Hi,
This thing can be acheived using one querry also. I am not sure that all the three conditions need to be checked in the same table or different tables.
-- If it is same table
SELECT COUNT(TOP 1 1) AS Check
FROM MyTable
WHERE Checks1 = true
OR Checks2 = true
OR Checks3 = true
-- If it is in different tables
SELECT COUNT(TOP 1 1) AS Check -- 'Here i have used 1 as a contant value so that it
returns 1 if any of ur conditions are satisfied
FROM MyTable1
WHERE Checks1 = true
OR EXISTS(SELECT 1
FROM MyTable2 WHERE Checks2 = true)
OR EXISTS(SELECT 1
FROM MyTable3 WHERE Checks3 = true)
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