Use second condition instead if rows are not found

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I have the following select:

SELECT name, text, lang FROM texts
  WHERE name IN @r_names
    AND lang IN ( @lv_lang, 'E' )
  INTO TABLE @DATA(lt_texts).

It will select texts multiple lines of texts for a given name.

How do I say that I want texts with lang = lv_lang, but if they don't exist, then select ones with lang = 'E' all within one request to the DB and no processing on the application side?

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3 Answers

You can use UNION operator for this task:

SELECT name, text, lang FROM texts
 WHERE name IN @r_names
   AND lang = @lv_lang
UNION
SELECT name, text, lang FROM texts
 WHERE name IN @r_names
   AND lang = 'E'
 AND NOT EXISTS ( SELECT name
                  FROM texts
                  WHERE name IN @r_names
                  AND lang = @lv_lang
                )
INTO TABLE @DATA(lt_texts).
user_9114190

I like coalesce for this sort of thing (it will fill-in your target with the first non-null value). You can have sy-langu as default and more languages in order of precedence:

SELECT SINGLE coalesce( default~eqktx, greek~eqktx, english~eqktx )
  FROM equi AS e LEFT OUTER JOIN eqkt AS default
                 ON  default~equnr = e~equnr
                 AND default~spras = @sy-langu
                 LEFT OUTER JOIN eqkt AS greek
                 ON  greek~equnr = e~equnr
                 AND greek~spras = 'G'
                 LEFT OUTER JOIN eqkt AS english
                 ON  english~equnr = e~equnr
                 AND english~spras = 'E'
  WHERE e~equnr = @ls_equi-equnr
   INTO @DATA(lv_eqktx).

Your example would become:

SELECT coalesce( default~name, english~name ),
       coalesce( default~text, english~text ),
       coalesce( default~lang, english~lang )
  FROM texts AS default LEFT OUTER JOIN texts AS english
                        ON  english~name = default~name
                        AND english~lang = 'E'
  WHERE default~name IN @r_names
    AND default~lang = @lv_lang
  INTO TABLE @DATA(lt_texts).
user_114531220

Based on Suncatcher answer but without the UNION. Didn't tried, so I don't know if it works as expected:

SELECT name, text, lang FROM texts
 WHERE name IN @r_names
 AND ( lang = @lv_lang
       OR ( NOT EXISTS ( SELECT name
                         FROM texts
                         WHERE name IN @r_names
                         AND lang = @lv_lang
                       )
              AND lang = 'E'
          )        
       )
 INTO TABLE @DATA(lt_texts).
user_41114100
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