DECODE( ) function in SQL Server

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SELECT PC_COMP_CODE,
       'R',
       PC_RESUB_REF,
       DECODE(PC_SL_LDGR_CODE, '02', 'DR', 'CR'),
       PC_DEPT_NO DEPT,
       '', --PC_DEPT_NO,
       PC_SL_LDGR_CODE + '/' + PC_SL_ACNO,
       SUM(DECODE(PC_SL_LDGR_CODE, '02', 1, -1) * PC_AMOUNT),
       PC_CHEQUE_NO CHQNO
  FROM GLAS_PDC_CHEQUES
 WHERE PC_RESUB_REF IS NOT NULL 
   AND PC_DISCD NOT IN ('d', 'D', 'T') 
GROUP BY PC_RESUB_REF, 
         PC_COMP_CODE, 
         'JJ', 
         PC_SL_LDGR_CODE + '/' + PC_SL_ACNO, 
         PC_DEPT_NO, 
         PC_CHEQUE_NO, 
         DECODE(PC_SL_LDGR_CODE, '02', 'DR', 'CR')

Above is a Oracle query; how can I use DECODE() function in SQL Server 2005?

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9 Answers

In my Case I used it in a lot of places first example if you have 2 values for select statement like gender (Male or Female) then use the following statement:

SELECT CASE Gender WHEN 'Male' THEN 1 ELSE 2 END AS Gender

If there is more than one condition like nationalities you can use it as the following statement:

SELECT CASE Nationality 
WHEN 'AMERICAN'   THEN 1 
WHEN 'BRITISH'   THEN 2
WHEN 'GERMAN'    THEN 3 
WHEN 'EGYPT'     THEN 4 
WHEN 'PALESTINE' THEN 5 
ELSE 6 END AS Nationality
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If the value on which the selection depends is an integer, you can use the CHOOSE function:

CHOOSE funtion in TSQL documentation

CHOOSE ( index, val_1, val_2 [, val_n ] )

Citing the documentation:

index

Is an integer expression that represents a 1-based index into the list of the items following it.

If the provided index value has a numeric data type other than int, then the value is implicitly converted to an integer. If the index value exceeds the bounds of the array of values, then CHOOSE returns null.

val_1 ... val_n

List of comma separated values of any data type.

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