Syntax error CASE WHEN column1 IS NULL THEN NULL ELSE column2 END with MySQL

CASE WHEN column1 IS NULL THEN NULL ELSE column2 END with MySQL



For this, you can use the CASE statement. Let us first create a table−

mysql> create table DemoTable
   -> (
   -> Name varchar(20),
   -> Marks1 int,
   -> Marks2 int
   -> );
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.72 sec)

Insert some records in the table using insert command−

mysql> insert into DemoTable values('Chris',45,null);
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.14 sec)
mysql> insert into DemoTable values('David',null,78);
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.16 sec)
mysql> insert into DemoTable values('Bob',67,98);
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.14 sec)

Display all records from the table using select statement −

mysql> select *from DemoTable;

This will produce the following output −

+-------+--------+--------+
| Name  | Marks1 | Marks2 |
+-------+--------+--------+
| Chris |     45 |   NULL |
| David |   NULL |     78 |
| Bob   |     67 |     98 |
+-------+--------+--------+
3 rows in set (0.00 sec)

Here is the query to implement CASE WHEN −

mysql> select *,
   -> (case when Marks1 is null then null else Marks2 end ) as Value
   -> from DemoTable;

This will produce the following output −

+-------+--------+--------+-------+
| Name  | Marks1 | Marks2 | Value |
+-------+--------+--------+-------+
| Chris |     45 |   NULL |  NULL |
| David |   NULL |     78 |  NULL |
| Bob   |     67 |     98 |    98 |
+-------+--------+--------+-------+
3 rows in set (0.00 sec)
Updated on: 2019-12-12T06:55:06+05:30

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