[thelist] T-SQL join I can't grok

Mark Rees mrees at itsagoodprice.com
Tue Nov 22 05:16:29 CST 2005


> (specifically MSSQL in case it matters)
> 
> I have four tables to join in order to get a human-readable list. Here's
> pseudo-code for what I'm looking for:
> 
> select d.document_number, p.permissions, 
> [here's the tricky part]
> (either u.fullname or g.fullname, 

Try something like this

CASE p.object_type
WHEN 'g' THEN g.fullname 
ELSE u.fullname
END
AS FULLNAME

> depending on whether p.object_type is 'g' or 'u')
> from (lotsa joined tables; I can write the joins)





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