On Fri, Dec 17, 2004 at 16:55:45 +0530, Kenneth Gonsalves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > hi > > table: > > name varchar(10) > fruit integer > > i want to write an sql statement like this: > > select fruit from table > > which should return 'good' if fruit = 1 and 'bad' if fruit =2 and 'rotten' if > fruit =3 > > can it be done?
Yes; use a CASE statement. ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 8: explain analyze is your friend