Using CASE statements

Like any other programming language, Teradata SQL provides if-then-else logic using the CASE statement. It helps in fetching alternate values for a column based on the condition specified in the expression. If any one of the values gets qualified as TRUE, its value gets captured and the counter goes on until all the rows have been processed.

Every CASE statement needs to have a pair of WHEN and THEN statements and to be closed using an END statement. 

The syntax of CASE is as follows:

The syntax of case statement

Let's put this into a code statement as follows:

/*CASE SELECT*/
SELECT EMP_name, Month, 
CASE WHEN MONTH = 'JUNE' THEN 'yes' ELSE NULL END AS SUMMER
FROM Table_CASE

Let's understand this by means of a flow chart:

Decoding the statement:

1. The CASE 1 statement checks each row to...