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 Not sure how to approach this, If /then select?

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dcummiskey
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26 Posts

Posted - 2008-05-12 : 14:18:39
I have a select statement where I need to test two values that are returned and perform a different calculation if they return null.

Basically,
if TESTA is null and TESTB is not null
return TESTB

if TESTB is null and TESTA is not null
return TESTA

ELSE if both are not null
TestA + TestB / 2 is value is returned

is this possible to do in a select statement? thanks in advance.

See select statement below:

Select S.StudentDimKey,
(select ISNULL(R.Score, NULL) from CLT_StudentAssessmentRawFact R, CLT_LessonPlanDim L where L.LessonPlanKey = 1 and L.LessonPlanDimKey = R.LessonPlanDimKey and StudentDimKey = S.StudentDimKey) as TESTA,
(select ISNULL(R.Score, NULL) from CLT_StudentAssessmentRawFact R, CLT_LessonPlanDim L where L.LessonPlanKey = 2 and L.LessonPlanDimKey = R.LessonPlanDimKey and StudentDimKey = S.StudentDimKey) as TESTB,
from CLT_StudentPlacementFact P, CLT_StudentDim S, CLT_ClassHierarchyDim H, CLT_StudentClassFact C
where P.StudentDimKey = S.StudentDimKey
and H.ClassHierarchyDimKey = C.ClassHierarchyDimKey
and S.StudentDimKey = C.StudentDimKey
and S.StatusCode = 'A'
and S.CurrentRecord = 1
and S.SchoolID = 87577

tkizer
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Posted - 2008-05-12 : 14:24:44
Use a CASE statement.

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visakh16
Very Important crosS Applying yaK Herder

52326 Posts

Posted - 2008-05-12 : 14:28:25
No need of IF you can just write this as

SELECT t.StudentDimKey,
COALESCE((t.TESTA +t.TESTB)/2,t.TESTA,t.TESTB) AS [Value]
FROM
(

Select S.StudentDimKey,
(select ISNULL(R.Score, NULL) from CLT_StudentAssessmentRawFact R, CLT_LessonPlanDim L where L.LessonPlanKey = 1 and L.LessonPlanDimKey = R.LessonPlanDimKey and StudentDimKey = S.StudentDimKey) as TESTA,
(select ISNULL(R.Score, NULL) from CLT_StudentAssessmentRawFact R, CLT_LessonPlanDim L where L.LessonPlanKey = 2 and L.LessonPlanDimKey = R.LessonPlanDimKey and StudentDimKey = S.StudentDimKey) as TESTB
from CLT_StudentPlacementFact P, CLT_StudentDim S, CLT_ClassHierarchyDim H, CLT_StudentClassFact C
where P.StudentDimKey = S.StudentDimKey
and H.ClassHierarchyDimKey = C.ClassHierarchyDimKey
and S.StudentDimKey = C.StudentDimKey
and S.StatusCode = 'A'
and S.CurrentRecord = 1
and S.SchoolID = 87577)t
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