spark-instrumented-optimizer/docs/sql-ref-syntax-qry-select-case.md

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Description

CASE clause uses a rule to return a specific result based on the specified condition, similar to if/else statements in other programming languages.

Syntax

CASE [ expression ] { WHEN boolean_expression THEN then_expression } [ ... ]
    [ ELSE else_expression ]
END

Parameters

• boolean_expression

  Specifies any expression that evaluates to a result type boolean. Two or more expressions may be combined together using the logical operators ( AND, OR ).

• then_expression

  Specifies the then expression based on the boolean_expression condition; then_expression and else_expression should all be same type or coercible to a common type.

• else_expression

  Specifies the default expression; then_expression and else_expression should all be same type or coercible to a common type.

Examples

CREATE TABLE person (id INT, name STRING, age INT);
INSERT INTO person VALUES
    (100, 'John', 30),
    (200, 'Mary', NULL),
    (300, 'Mike', 80),
    (400, 'Dan', 50);

SELECT id, CASE WHEN id > 200 THEN 'bigger' ELSE 'small' END FROM person;
+------+--------------------------------------------------+
|  id  | CASE WHEN (id > 200) THEN bigger ELSE small END  |
+------+--------------------------------------------------+
| 100  | small                                            |
| 200  | small                                            |
| 300  | bigger                                           |
| 400  | bigger                                           |
+------+--------------------------------------------------+

SELECT id, CASE id WHEN 100 then 'bigger' WHEN  id > 300 THEN '300' ELSE 'small' END FROM person;
+------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|  id  | CASE WHEN (id = 100) THEN bigger WHEN (id = CAST((id > 300) AS INT)) THEN 300 ELSE small END  |
+------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| 100  | bigger                                                                                        |
| 200  | small                                                                                         |
| 300  | small                                                                                         |
| 400  | small                                                                                         |
+------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

SELECT * FROM person
    WHERE 
        CASE 1 = 1 
            WHEN 100 THEN 'big' 
            WHEN 200 THEN 'bigger'
            WHEN 300 THEN 'biggest' 
            ELSE 'small'
        END = 'small';
+------+-------+-------+
|  id  | name  |  age  |
+------+-------+-------+
| 100  | John  | 30    |
| 200  | Mary  | NULL  |
| 300  | Mike  | 80    |
| 400  | Dan   | 50    |
+------+-------+-------+

Related Statements

• SELECT Main
• WHERE Clause
• GROUP BY Clause
• HAVING Clause
• ORDER BY Clause
• SORT BY Clause
• DISTRIBUTE BY Clause
• LIMIT Clause
• PIVOT Clause
• LATERAL VIEW Clause