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Using case in select statement

      
mysql>
mysql>
mysql> CREATE TABLE titles (
    ->   titleID int(11),
    ->   title varchar(100),
    ->   subtitle varchar(100),
    ->   edition tinyint(4),
    ->   publID int(11),
    ->   catID int(11),
    ->   langID int(11),
    ->   year int(11),
    ->   isbn varchar(20),
    ->   comment varchar(255),
    ->   ts timestamp,
    ->   authors varchar(255),
    ->   PRIMARY KEY  (titleID)
    -> );
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.01 sec)

mysql>
mysql>
mysql>
mysql> INSERT INTO titles VALUES (1,'Linux','Installation',5,1,57,2,2000,NULL,NULL,'2005-02-28 13:34:21','Michael'),
    ->                           (2,'Excel',NULL,NULL,2,3,NULL,2000,NULL,NULL,'2005-02-28 13:34:22','David'),
    ->                           (3,'XML',NULL,NULL,1,2,NULL,1997,NULL,NULL,'2005-02-28 13:34:22','Edwards'),
    ->                           (4,'PHP',NULL,NULL,3,6,NULL,2000,NULL,NULL,'2005-02-28 13:34:22','Tom'),
    ->                           (5,'MySQL','',0,3,34,NULL,2000,'','','2005-02-28 13:34:22','Paul'),
    ->                           (6,'Java',NULL,NULL,4,34,NULL,1999,NULL,NULL,'2005-02-28 13:34:22','Tim');
Query OK, 6 rows affected (0.00 sec)
Records: 6  Duplicates: 0  Warnings: 0

mysql>
mysql>
mysql>
mysql> SELECT title FROM titles
    -> WHERE langID=1
    -> ORDER BY
    -> CASE
    -> WHEN LEFT(title,2)="A " THEN MID(title,3)
    -> WHEN LEFT(title,3)="An " THEN MID(title,4)
    -> WHEN LEFT(title,4)="The " THEN MID(title,5)
    -> ELSE title
    -> END;
Empty set (0.00 sec)

mysql>
mysql>
mysql> drop table titles;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)

mysql>
mysql>
mysql>








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