I want to determine the AND clause based on the value of the current row. So for example, my job table has 4 date columns: offer_date, accepted_date, start_date, reported_date. I want to check against an exchange rate based on the date. I know the reported_date is never null, but it's my last resort, so I have a priority order for which to join against the exchange_rate table. I'm not quite sure how to do this with a CASE statement, if that's even the right approach.
SELECT * FROM job j
INNER JOIN exchange_rate er ON j.currency_id = er.currency_id AND er.date =
(
-- use offer_date if not null
-- use accepted_date if above is null
-- use start_date if above two are null
-- use reported_date if above three are null
)
Should just be a simple coalesce, so something like:
SELECT *
FROM job j
INNER JOIN exchange_rate er
ON j.currency_id = er.currency_id
AND er.date = COALESCE( offer_date, accepted_date, start_date, reported_date )
CASE statement in a where clause.
CASE WHEN offer_date is not null THEN offer_date
WHEN accepted_date IS NOT NULL THEN accepted_date
WHEN start_date IS NOT NULL THEN start_date
WHEN reported_date IS NOT NULL THEN reported_date
ELSE '' END
it will work as per your require condition
One way is a case statement:
SELECT * FROM job j
INNER JOIN exchange_rate er
ON j.currency_id = er.currency_id
AND er.date =
case when j.offer_date is not null then j.offer_date
when j.offer_date is null and j.accepted_date is not null then j.accepted_date
when j.offer_date is null and j.accepted_Date is null and j.start_date is not null then j.start_date
else j.reported_date
end
You can use a CASE statement in a WHERE clause. I have used something them like:
field1 = CASE WHEN field2 IS NOT NULL field2 ELSE field1 END
So when you hit the else clause the AND is optional. Does that make sense?