Using tsql greater than sign in CASE Expression

Question

(case [dbo].[YearsInService]([DateEngaged],getdate())
   when (0) then (0) 
   when (1) then (4) 
   when (2) then (8)
    when (3) then (12)
     when (4) then (32)         


        

Answer 1

Assuming (from your comment) that when DateEngaged is NULL, it causes YearsInService to be NULL, then I'd remove your current ELSE clause, and then use that for all other cases, something like:

case COALESCE([dbo].[YearsInService]([DateEngaged],getdate()),-1)
when (-1) then (-1)
when (0) then (0) 
when (1) then (4) 
when (2) then (8)
when (3) then (12)
 when (4) then (32) 
 when (5) then (40) 
 when (6) then (48) 
 when (7) then (56) 
 when (8) then (104) 
 when (9) then (117) 
 else (150) end

If there's a concern about future-dated DateEngaged values, I'd deal with that inside of YearsInService rather than try to deal with it in the CASE expression.

Answer 2

You are using a Simple Case statement where logical expressions are not allowed. You need to use a Searched CASE expression. But in your case since you are using a function it will be bit costly to get the return value from the function for each expression.

Here is MSDN Link for both Simple Case and Searched CASE Syntax

I would suggest you to use a sub query with a Searched case as bellow.

select case when results = 0 then 0
            when results = 1 then 4
            ...
            when results >= 10 then 150
            else -1 end as CaseResults
from (select [dbo].[YearsInService]([DateEngaged],getdate()) results
      from yourTable
     ) Temp

Answer 3

from http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms181765.aspx

SELECT 
  CASE 
     WHEN MIN(value) <= 0 THEN 0 
     WHEN MAX(1/value) >= 100 THEN 1 
  END 
FROM Data

you can use any boolean expression in the WHEN clause

case 
  when ([dbo].[YearsInService]([DateEngaged],getdate()) = 0) then (0) 
  when ([dbo].[YearsInService]([DateEngaged],getdate()) = 1) then (4) 
  when ([dbo].[YearsInService]([DateEngaged],getdate()) = 2) then (8)
  when ([dbo].[YearsInService]([DateEngaged],getdate()) = 3) then (12)
  when ([dbo].[YearsInService]([DateEngaged],getdate()) = 4) then (32) 
  when ([dbo].[YearsInService]([DateEngaged],getdate()) = 5) then (40) 
  when ([dbo].[YearsInService]([DateEngaged],getdate()) = 6) then (48) 
  when ([dbo].[YearsInService]([DateEngaged],getdate()) = 7) then (56) 
  when ([dbo].[YearsInService]([DateEngaged],getdate()) = 8) then (104) 
  when ([dbo].[YearsInService]([DateEngaged],getdate()) = 9) then (117) 
  when ([dbo].[YearsInService]([DateEngaged],getdate()) >= 10) then (150) 
  else (-1) end

you should save [dbo].[YearsInService]([DateEngaged],getdate()) in a variable before evaulation tho.

Answer 4

You can't, the CASE YourFunction WHEN ... is for equalities only. If you need to use "greater than", you'll need to rewrite your expression this way:

CASE WHEN [dbo].[YearsInService]([DateEngaged],getdate()) = 0 THEN 0
WHEN [dbo].[YearsInService]([DateEngaged],getdate()) = 1 THEN 4
WHEN.....
WHEN [dbo].[YearsInService]([DateEngaged],getdate()) >= 10 THEN 150 ELSE -1 END

Answer 5

I like @kaf 's answer, just want add that you may reduce the number of case by this

select case when results BETWEEN 0 AND 3 then results * 4
            when results BETWEEN 4 AND 7 then results * 8
            when results BETWEEN 8 AND 9 then results * 13
            when results >= 10 then 150
            else -1 
        end as CaseResults
from (select [dbo].[YearsInService]([DateEngaged],getdate()) results
      from yourTable
     ) Temp

Answer 6

case [dbo].[YearsInService]([DateEngaged],getdate())
   when (0) then (0) 
   when (1) then (4) 
   when (2) then (8)
    when (3) then (12)
     when (4) then (32) 
     when (5) then (40) 
     when (6) then (48) 
     when (7) then (56) 
     when (8) then (104) 
     when (9) then (117) 
     when IIF(case [dbo].[YearsInService]([DateEngaged],getdate()) >= 10 
           ,[dbo].[YearsInService]([DateEngaged],getdate())
           ,10) 
        then (150) 
     else (-1) end

This equates all the cases above 10 to the value of the function.