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Maharisi
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Posted - 2008-11-25 : 10:07:42
I have table, which has a column isHired [bit].

I want create a Select statment where substitute bit column
by YES/NO.

Thanks

sodeep
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7174 Posts

Posted - 2008-11-25 : 10:08:31
Use Case when....
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raky
Aged Yak Warrior

767 Posts

Posted - 2008-11-25 : 11:02:04
SELECT
CASE WHEN ishired = 1 THEN 'YES' ELSE 'NO' END AS 'IsHired'
FROM
TABLE
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visakh16
Very Important crosS Applying yaK Herder

52326 Posts

Posted - 2008-11-25 : 11:26:29
quote:
Originally posted by raky

SELECT
CASE WHEN ishired = 1 THEN 'YES' ELSE 'NO' END AS 'IsHired'
FROM
TABLE


please dont use '' for alias names
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raky
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767 Posts

Posted - 2008-11-25 : 11:39:22
quote:
Originally posted by visakh16

quote:
Originally posted by raky

SELECT
CASE WHEN ishired = 1 THEN 'YES' ELSE 'NO' END AS 'IsHired'
FROM
TABLE


please dont use '' for alias names



Hi Visakh,

Is there any specific reason for not using Quotes for Alias Names??
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visakh16
Very Important crosS Applying yaK Herder

52326 Posts

Posted - 2008-11-25 : 11:46:50
it really creates confusion when you've string literals also alone with fields in select list,especially when you dont use AS before alias. SO its better not to add '',"" etc to aliases. you may use [] if you want.
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