I should have emphasized the 'simplified' part more. Imagine thousands
of rows, and V1 and V2 are actually several columns each.
However, it will reduce mostly to the example. But it'd be one hell of
a CASE statement :-)

-----Original Message-----
From: firebird-support@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:firebird-support@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Leyne, Sean
Sent: Monday, February 05, 2007 3:28 PM
To: firebird-support@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [firebird-support] Query help needed

Rick,

> Given the number 25, I'd like to get the value 'B' back from the
> following (simplified) table:
>
> V1 V2
> -- --
> 10 A
> 20 B
> 30 C
>
> Numbers 30 and above should return 'C', and numbers below 20 should
> return 'A'.
> This should be simple, but I just can't think today.

Try the following:

CASE
WHEN V1 => 30 THEN 'C'
WHEN V1 < 20 THEN 'A'
ELSE 'B'
END


Sean



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