SWITCH

 

The function SWITCH evaluate a list of expressions and returns the value of the first expression that TRUE is. If there are no expression TRUE then it returns NULL. This is not a standard function and exist for compatible with MS Access.

SQL Syntax:
 
   SWITCH( expression1, value1, expression2, value2, ...)
Parameters:
 
  expression
Any Boolean expression.

value

The return value if the expression is TRUE.

Return Type:
 
  The same as the value.

Examples:

  • SELECT switch( name = 'Peter' , 1, name = 'Steven', 2 )

see also:
CASE
SQL System Functions
IIF
IFNULL
 


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