We can display alias of value(like alias of column name).
normally we can display alias for a column by the following query :
SELECT prod_name AS Product
FROM Products;
But we can decide the value to be shown instead of original value by using the following syntax :
SELECT <column_name_to_be_shown>,
CASE <column_name_to_be_checked>
WHEN <original_column_value> THEN <new_column_value>...
END AS <columns_alias_name>
FROM <table_name>;
e.g.
-------------------
| Products |
-------------------
prod_name|category|
-------------------
p1 | A |
p2 | B |
p3 | A |
p4 | B |
p5 | B |
-------------------
SELECT prod_name, category
,CASE category
WHEN 'A' THEN 'Gold'
WHEN 'B' THEN 'Silver'
END AS Category
FROM Products;
This query will display :
prod_name | Category
-------------------------
p1 | Gold
p2 | Silver
p3 | Gold
p4 | Silver
p5 | Silver
normally we can display alias for a column by the following query :
SELECT prod_name AS Product
FROM Products;
But we can decide the value to be shown instead of original value by using the following syntax :
SELECT <column_name_to_be_shown>,
CASE <column_name_to_be_checked>
WHEN <original_column_value> THEN <new_column_value>...
END AS <columns_alias_name>
FROM <table_name>;
e.g.
-------------------
| Products |
-------------------
prod_name|category|
-------------------
p1 | A |
p2 | B |
p3 | A |
p4 | B |
p5 | B |
-------------------
SELECT prod_name, category
,CASE category
WHEN 'A' THEN 'Gold'
WHEN 'B' THEN 'Silver'
END AS Category
FROM Products;
This query will display :
prod_name | Category
-------------------------
p1 | Gold
p2 | Silver
p3 | Gold
p4 | Silver
p5 | Silver
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