Is it possible to have a if condition in VIEWS
eg
CREATE VIEW
as
DECLARE @Count int
SET @Count=-1
select @Count=EmpID from EmployeeDetails where ID=200
IF @Count=-1
BEGIN
SELECT * FROM TEAM1
END
ELSE
BEGIN
SELECT * FROM TEAM1
END
No I don't believe this is possible.
You could use a stored procedure instead to achieve this functionality.
You could try something sneaky with a UNION :
SELECT {fieldlist}
FROM Table1
WHERE EXISTS(SELECT EmpID FROM EmployeeDetails WHERE ID = 200)
UNION ALL
SELECT {fieldlist}
FROM Table2
WHERE NOT EXISTS(SELECT EmpID FROM EmployeeDetails WHERE ID = 200)
This method would require both SELECT statements to return the same set of fields, although their sources might be different.
Views only allow select statements as stated in here
if you need to do if on column values you can use a
SELECT
CASE WHEN COLUMN1 = 1 THEN COLUMNX ELSE COLUMNY END
FROM TABLE1
if your need exceeds this you should create a select from a table valued function instead of a view.
What you need is a simple Procedure
CREATE PROCEDURE DOSOMETHING
(
@ID INT
)
AS
BEGIN
IF @ID > 100
SELECT 1 AS ID,'ME' AS NAME, GETDATE() AS VARIABLEDATECOL, NEWID() AS VARIABLEGUID
ELSE
SELECT 2 AS ID, 'YOU' AS NAME
END
simply use a udf (User defined Function)
Here you can use IF, ELSE, WHILE etc.
But when you are manipulating data (INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE) then you have to use Stored Procedures because udf's aren't able to do that