SQL/MySQL/Flow Control/Flow Control Select

Using Control Flow Functions in a SELECT Statement

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Drop table DVDs; CREATE TABLE DVDs (

  ID SMALLINT NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,
  Name VARCHAR(60) NOT NULL,
  NumDisks TINYINT NOT NULL DEFAULT 1,
  RatingID VARCHAR(4) NOT NULL,
  StatID CHAR(3) NOT NULL

) ENGINE=INNODB; INSERT INTO DVDs (Name, NumDisks, RatingID, StatID) VALUES ("Christmas", 1, "NR", "s1"),

      ("Doc",       1, "G",  "s2"),
      ("Africa",    1, "PG", "s1"),
      ("Falcon",    1, "NR", "s2"),
      ("Amadeus",   1, "PG", "s2"),
      ("Show",      2, "NR", "s2"),
      ("View",      1, "NR", "s1"),
      ("Mash",      2, "R",  "s2");

SELECT Name AS Title, StatID AS Status, RatingID AS Rating,

  IF(NumDisks>1, "Check for extra disks!", "Only 1 disk.") AS Verify

FROM DVDs ORDER BY Title;

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