Is there a "better" way to rewrite a SELECT
clause where multiple columns use the same CASE WHEN
conditions so that the conditions are only checked once?
See the example below.
SELECT
CASE testStatus
WHEN 'A' THEN 'Authorized'
WHEN 'C' THEN 'Completed'
WHEN 'P' THEN 'In Progress'
WHEN 'X' THEN 'Cancelled'
END AS Status,
CASE testStatus
WHEN 'A' THEN authTime
WHEN 'C' THEN cmplTime
WHEN 'P' THEN strtTime
WHEN 'X' THEN cancTime
END AS lastEventTime,
CASE testStatus
WHEN 'A' THEN authBy
WHEN 'C' THEN cmplBy
WHEN 'P' THEN strtBy
WHEN 'X' THEN cancBy
END AS lastEventUser
FROM test
In non-sql psuedo-code, the code might look like:
CASE testStatus
WHEN 'A'
StatusCol = 'Authorized'
lastEventTimeCol = authTime
lastEventUserCol = authUser
WHEN 'C'
StatusCol = 'Completed'
lastEventTimeCol = cmplTime
lastEventUserCol = cmplUser
...
END
Note:
- I am aware of the obvious normalization issues implied by the query. I only wanted to demonstrate the issue.
authTime
,authUser
,cmplTime
are in the same table?