How do I put an 'if clause' in an SQL string?

Question

So here\'s what I want to do on my MySQL database.

I would like to do:

SELECT *
    FROM itemsOrdered
    WHERE purchaseOrder_ID = \'@purchaseOr         


        

Answer 1

You can also use the following query to check if the record exists and then update it:

if not exists(select top 1 fromFROM itemsOrdered
    WHERE purchaseOrder_ID = '@purchaseOrdered_ID'
        AND status = 'PENDING' )
Begin

UPDATE purchaseOrder 
    SET purchaseOrder_status = 'COMPLETED'
    WHERE purchaseOrder_ID = '@purchaseOrder_ID

End