On 7/8/2010 10:59 AM, John Nichel wrote:
Hi,
I'm hoping what I'm trying to do can be done, but I can't seem to find
the right syntax. I have the following query:
SELECT
... snipped ...
if(
(
Is there a way I
can do a IF((SELECT.), expr2, expr3) and have expr2 populate with
whatever is returned from the select statement?
Yes, select if( (select count(*) from mytable ) 100, 1, 0) works fine.
The alias inside your last If(...), though, is not visible outside its
parentheses;
-Original Message-
From: Peter Brawley [mailto:peter.braw...@earthlink.net]
Sent: Thursday, July 08, 2010 12:27 PM
To: mysql@lists.mysql.com
Subject: Re: Problem with IF() inside of a select statement
Is there a way I
can do a IF((SELECT.), expr2, expr3) and have expr2
