sql if case = case code example

Example 1: sql case

-- NOTE: this is for SQL-Oracle specifically

/*
NB: Please like Mingles444 post, I derived this from him/her
*/

-- syntax: (Retrieved from grepper:Mingles444)
CASE
    WHEN condition1 THEN result1
    WHEN condition2 THEN result2
    WHEN conditionN THEN resultN
    ELSE result
END 

-- example:
SELECT 
	CASE
      WHEN (1+6 = 6) THEN 'A'
      WHEN (1+6 = 7) THEN 'B'
      WHEN (1+6 = 8) THEN 'C'
      ELSE 'D'
	END 
FROM DUAL;

-- OUTPUT: B

Example 2: case when with count and combining similar values in sql

SELECT 
    data.id,
    data.lastname,
    data.firstname,
    SUM(data.WebData) AS WebData,
    SUM(data.InternalData) AS InternalData,
    SUM(data.countid) AS Countid
FROM
    (
       SELECT id,lastname,
              firstname,datasource,
              CASE WHEN Datasource = 'Web' THEN Count(Datasource) ELSE 0 END WebData,
              CASE WHEN Datasource = 'Internal' THEN Count(Datasource)ELSE 0 END InternalData,
             count(id) AS Countid

        FROM Table
        GROUP BY
                 id,lastname,firstname,datasource
     ) AS data
GROUP BY 
    data.id,data.firstname,data.lastname