Is it possible to combine the CASE
statement and the LIKE
operator in a MySQL SELECT
statement?
For Example, I am trying to query a database that stores data in a single column in either one of two formats (this is awful and hurts my head, but I cant change the data so it is what it is.). So sometimes the column numbers
would have data like "6901xxxxxxxx" and sometimes it would have data like "91xxxxxxxxxxx".
What I would like to do is query the data like so -
SELECT
CASE digits
WHEN LIKE "6901%" THEN substr(digits,4)
WHEN LIKE "91%" THEN substr(digits,2)
END as "digits",
FROM raw
This obviously doesn't work but Im hoping its possible.
Using the second form of CASE
should work:
SELECT
CASE
WHEN digits LIKE '6901%' THEN substr(digits,4)
WHEN digits LIKE '91%' THEN substr(digits,2)
END as digits
FROM raw
Furthermore, you have a stray comma at the end of your SELECT
.
Try
SELECT
CASE true
WHEN digits LIKE "6901%" THEN substr(digits,4)
WHEN digits LIKE "91%" THEN substr(digits,2)
END as "digits",
FROM raw
Perhaps use LEFT()
?
SELECT
CASE
WHEN LEFT(digits, 4) = '6901' THEN substr(digits,4)
WHEN LEFT(digits, 2) = '91' THEN substr(digits,2)
END
FROM raw
Should be more performant than the LIKE
.
Assuming the number of digits is constant, you could use something like this:
SELECT IF(digits > 919999, MOD(digits, 100), MOD(digits, 10000) FROM raw
Add 0
's to match your actual number of digits.