Thank you very much! Just can't understand why the CASE method does not work? It can't be done with the CASE expression at all?
2018-04-12 17:26 GMT+02:00 Keith Medcalf <kmedc...@dessus.com>: > > Then Richard is correct (of course) ... which is a perfect translation of the > problem statement into SQL. > > SELECT COALESCE((SELECT thedate FROM dates WHERE thedate==date('now')), > date('now','+1 day')) as TheDate; > > > --- > The fact that there's a Highway to Hell but only a Stairway to Heaven says a > lot about anticipated traffic volume. > > >>-----Original Message----- >>From: sqlite-users [mailto:sqlite-users- >>boun...@mailinglists.sqlite.org] On Behalf Of Csányi Pál >>Sent: Thursday, 12 April, 2018 09:20 >>To: SQLite mailing list >>Subject: Re: [sqlite] SELECT with CASE >> >>Yes, this is what I am asking. >> >>2018-04-12 17:17 GMT+02:00 Keith Medcalf <kmedc...@dessus.com>: >>> >>> The question you asked was: >>> >>> "Then how can I get only that date from the Dates table - which is >>> equal to the current date?" >>> >>> and you are now posing a second question: >>> >>> ">Yes, but I want the CASE because if there is no such date in the >>>>Dates >>>>table which is equal to the date('now') then it should return the >>>>date('now','+1 day')." >>> >>> Which seems like a rather long winded way of stating the problem: >>> >>> "I have a table with a bunch-o-dates in it. I want a query which >>will return, at the time the query is run, based on the comuter on >>which the query is run concept of today's date, today's date, if that >>date is in the table otherwise the tomorrow's date (based on the >>current concept of 'tomorrow' on the computer on which the query is >>run." >>> >>> Is this what you are asking? >>> >>> --- >>> The fact that there's a Highway to Hell but only a Stairway to >>Heaven says a lot about anticipated traffic volume. >>> >>> >>>>-----Original Message----- >>>>From: sqlite-users [mailto:sqlite-users- >>>>boun...@mailinglists.sqlite.org] On Behalf Of Csányi Pál >>>>Sent: Thursday, 12 April, 2018 09:10 >>>>To: SQLite mailing list >>>>Subject: Re: [sqlite] SELECT with CASE >>>> >>>>2018-04-12 17:08 GMT+02:00 Keith Medcalf <kmedc...@dessus.com>: >>>>> >>>>> select TheDate from Dates where TheDate == date('now'); >>>> >>>>Yes, but I want the CASE because if there is no such date in the >>>>Dates >>>>table which is equal to the date('now') then it should return the >>>>date('now','+1 day'). >>>>_______________________________________________ >>>>sqlite-users mailing list >>>>sqlite-users@mailinglists.sqlite.org >>>>http://mailinglists.sqlite.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite- _______________________________________________ sqlite-users mailing list sqlite-users@mailinglists.sqlite.org http://mailinglists.sqlite.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users