Conditional column for query based on other columns in MySQL

Question

I\'m pretty sure I\'ve seen this somewhere, but I can\'t find the right terminology so I\'m having trouble...

Let\'s say I have a table with user info (let\'s also a

Answer 1

select User_id
,case 
    when (YEAR(DOB) < 1980 AND Job_Title = "manager")   then 'Old Fart'
    when (YEAR(DOB) < 1980 AND Job_Title = "associate") then 'Old Timer'
    when (YEAR(DOB) > 1980 AND Job_Title = "manager")   then 'Eager Beaver'
    when (YEAR(DOB) > 1980 AND Job_Title = "associate") then 'Slacker'
    else 'nobody'
end
as Real_Title 
from users

Answer 2

If I understand correctly, I think you're looking for the CASE statement:

SELECT User_id,
        (CASE
            WHEN YEAR(DOB) < 1980 AND Job_Title = "manager" THEN "Old Fart"
            WHEN YEAR(DOB) < 1980 AND Job_Title = "associate" THEN "Old Timer"
            ...
            ELSE "Unknown Title"
        END) AS Real_Title
FROM users;