how to put Nested conditions in sql query

I need to check for some multipul conditions in sql

like if 'this ' and 'this' then 'this'

or when 'this' and 'this' then 'this'

I saw when and then but what i have to do is not working in that

I want to check this in simple sql query only (plsql not required)
Please help me out...
kaustubh

Have you tried DECODE?

You may also wish to look into stored procedures if the logic gets more complicated. Of course, any time one contemplates stored procedures, one should think about moving the logic into the application code.

Nitesh Sakargayan wrote:Have you tried DECODE?

Another alternative is a CASE expression, which is ANSI compliant and may result in more readable SQL code for complicated expresions.

For example:

You could use the decode function in an SQL statement as follows:

SELECT supplier_name,
decode(supplier_id, 10000, 'IBM',
10001, 'Microsoft',
10002, 'Hewlett Packard',
'Gateway') result
FROM suppliers;

The above decode statement is equivalent to the following IF-THEN-ELSE statement:

but i have to test on the condition like if abx=123 and xyz=3423 then "do this"

also I have some perticular common case which I have to do in 1 shot like
if caseid=1 or 2 0r 3 .... then do this
else do this.....

if there's any option like this please let me know...

Martin Vajsar wrote:
Another alternative is a CASE expression, which is ANSI compliant and may result in more readable SQL code for complicated expresions.

sorry brother but link is not working at my side

Kaustubh G Sharma wrote:sorry brother but link is not working at my side

The link should be fine, so if you cannot access the Oracle site, try to search for sql case expression in Google. However, if you do work with Oracle, obtain the documenation. You'll need it. The link leads to book named Oracle® Database SQL Reference.

The case expression is an expresion, that is it does not "do" things, but returns some value. It can be used like this:

The value1, value2, value3 can be any value or expression, even another CASE Expression, so you can have it pretty complex. The case expression may be used in where or order by clauses as well.

If you need to "do" things, post the SQL code you would use to "do it" and separately the conditions. I can try to put in the conditions for you.

I find some solution for the above problem but it is taking too much of time to extract data...please genralize and ease it...

SELECT distinct
Crit.msgSeqId, Crit.messageMaster.messageId,CaseDt.caseCreatedDate,Rslt.caseId,
PayInstExt.instructionIdentification, Usr.firstName, CaseDt.caseCreator, CAI.caseStatus,
Rslt.sender, MsgM.messageName, Rslt.msgDateTime, Rslt.actionReq, Rslt.msgStatus,
Rslt.direction,Rslt.messageReference,Rslt.msgSeqId,Crit.msgStatus,
  case Rslt.direction  when  ('incoming')then (case Crit.messageMaster.messageId
  when  '5'  then 'true' when  '12' then 'true' when  '11' then 'true'  when  '14' then 'true'
   when  '1'  then 'true'   when  '13' then 'true'   when  '9'  then 'true'   when  '8'  then 'false'
   when  '2'  then 'true'   when  '10' then 'true'   when  '15' then 'true'   when  '16' then 'true'
   when  '7'  then 'true'   when  '6'  then 'true'   when  '3'  then 'false'   when  '4'  then 'false'
   when  '20' then 'true'   when  '24' then 'true'   when  '30' then 'true'   when  '31' then 'true'
   when  '25' then 'true'   when  '21' then 'true'   when  '23' then 'true'   when  '27' then 'true'
   when  '33' then 'true'        end)
  else
 (case Rslt.direction  when  'outgoing' then
 (case Crit.messageMaster.messageId
  when  '5'  then 'false'  when  '12' then 'false'  when  '11' then 'fasle'  when  '14' then 'false'
  when  '1'  then 'false'  when  '13' then 'false'  when  '8'  then 'false'  when  '2'  then 'false'
  when  '10' then 'false'  when  '15' then 'false'  when  '16' then 'false'  when  '7'  then 'false'
  when  '3'  then 'false'  when  '4'  then 'false'  when  '7'  then 'false'  when  '20' then 'true'
  when  '24' then 'true'  when  '30' then 'true'  when  '31' then 'true'  when  '25' then 'true'
  when  '21' then 'true'  when  '23' then 'true'  when  '27' then 'true'  when  '33' then 'true'
  when  '21' then 'true'  when  '22' then 'true'  when  '26' then 'true'  when  '32' then 'true' end)
 end )
end  as checkbox
 FROM   MessageExchanged Crit, MessageExchanged Rslt, CaseDetails CaseDt,CaseAddlInfo CAI,
MessageMaster MsgM ,UserView Usr,PaymentInstructionExtract PayInstExt
  where Crit.messageMaster.messageId in (5,11,12,14,6,1,20,21,22,23,24,25,26,27,30,31,32,33)
 AND Crit.caseId = Rslt.caseId AND Crit.caseId = CAI.caseId  AND CAI.caseOwnerUuid = Usr.uuid
 AND Rslt.msgSeqId = CaseDt.msgSeqId  AND Rslt.messageMaster.messageId = MsgM.messageId
 AND Rslt.latest=1 AND Crit.msgSeqId = PayInstExt.msgSeqId AND Crit.msgSeqId = CAI.msgSeqId
 AND CAI.caseStatus <> 'CLSD' order by Rslt.msgDateTime desc

Your SQL could look something like this:

SELECT DISTINCT Crit.msgSeqId,
  Crit.messageMaster.messageId,
  CaseDt.caseCreatedDate,
  Rslt.caseId,
  PayInstExt.instructionIdentification,
  Usr.firstName,
  CaseDt.caseCreator,
  CAI.caseStatus,
  Rslt.sender,
  MsgM.messageName,
  Rslt.msgDateTime,
  Rslt.actionReq,
  Rslt.msgStatus,
  Rslt.direction,
  Rslt.messageReference,
  Rslt.msgSeqId,
  Crit.msgStatus,
  CASE Rslt.direction
    WHEN 'incoming'
    THEN 
      CASE 
        WHEN Crit.messageMaster.messageId between 1 and 16 or Crit.messageMaster.messageId in (20,21,23,24,25,27,30,31,33)
        THEN 'true'
      END
    WHEN 'outgoing'
    THEN 
      CASE 
        WHEN Crit.messageMaster.messageId in (1,2,3,4,5,7,7,8,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,20,21,21,22,23,24,25,26,27,30,31,32,33)
        THEN 'false'
      END
  END AS checkbox
FROM MessageExchanged Crit,
  MessageExchanged Rslt,
  CaseDetails CaseDt,
  CaseAddlInfo CAI,
  MessageMaster MsgM,
  UserView Usr,
  PaymentInstructionExtract PayInstExt
WHERE Crit.messageMaster.messageId IN (5,11,12,14,6,1,20,21,22,23,24,25,26,27,30,31,32,33)
AND Crit.caseId                     = Rslt.caseId
AND Crit.caseId                     = CAI.caseId
AND CAI.caseOwnerUuid               = Usr.uuid
AND Rslt.msgSeqId                   = CaseDt.msgSeqId
AND Rslt.messageMaster.messageId    = MsgM.messageId
AND Rslt.latest                     =1
AND Crit.msgSeqId                   = PayInstExt.msgSeqId
AND Crit.msgSeqId                   = CAI.msgSeqId
AND CAI.caseStatus                 <> 'CLSD'
ORDER BY Rslt.msgDateTime DESC

Several notes:

The messageId field appears to be a number, however you compared it to strings in your query. That leads to implicit conversions and is potentially dangerous; always avoid these.

The outgoing list of valid IDs is strange; some nubers were repeated. I've sorted it and put it into an IN list so that it would be more apparent.

The WHERE clause limits the list of valid messageId's. Numbers that do not appear there will never make it into selected rows (eg. messageId will never equal to 1 in the CASE expression), it is therefore useless and possibly confusing to list them in the CASE expression conditions. If you remove them, the lists will be shorter and more manageable.

When direction is 'incoming', the value of checkbox will be either 'true' or null, when direction is 'outgoing', the value of checkbox will be either 'false' or null. For other values of direction it will be always null. Is this the expected behaviour? It seems a bit strange to me.

If your query is slow, it probably is not because of the CASE expression. Try replacing the computed value of checkbox field with a constant or null and re-run the statement. I'd expect the runtime to be practically equal. The problem could lie in the way tables are joined in your query, may be a missing index or something.

Thanks you very much Martin...Your answers really helpful to me. I always get help from javaranch but definetely this is the best one....

Keep Rocking...

and yup thanks for spending your quality time with my sql problem...
Enjoy Maadi
Kaustubh