Re: case expression - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Richard Broersma
Subject Re: case expression
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Msg-id 396486430809241510k4cbfc580gfe325909fa095cf1@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Re: case expression  (Garry Saddington <garry@schoolteachers.co.uk>)
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On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 3:22 PM, Garry Saddington
<garry@schoolteachers.co.uk> wrote:
>> > select *,
>> > CASE WHEN postcode ilike '%OO%' THEN ''
>> > END
>> > from addresses

> It does work but returns a column called case. How can I return the case
> column as 'postcode'?

You have to give an Alias to this column name

 CASE WHEN postcode ilike '%OO%' THEN ''
 END AS postcode


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