通过此链接，我们可以了解T-SQL中的IF THEN ELSE：

IF EXISTS(SELECT *
          FROM   Northwind.dbo.Customers
          WHERE  CustomerId = 'ALFKI')
  PRINT 'Need to update Customer Record ALFKI'
ELSE
  PRINT 'Need to add Customer Record ALFKI'

IF EXISTS(SELECT *
          FROM   Northwind.dbo.Customers
          WHERE  CustomerId = 'LARSE')
  PRINT 'Need to update Customer Record LARSE'
ELSE
  PRINT 'Need to add Customer Record LARSE' 

这对t-SQL不够好吗？

SELECT CASE WHEN profile.nrefillno = 0 THEN 'N' ELSE 'R'END as newref
From profile

SELECT  
(CASE 
     WHEN (Obsolete = 'N' OR InStock = 'Y') THEN 'YES'
                                            ELSE 'NO' 
 END) as Salable
, * 
FROM Product

为了完整起见，我想补充一点，SQL使用三值逻辑。表达式：

obsolete = 'N' OR instock = 'Y'

可能产生三种不同的结果：

| obsolete | instock | saleable |
|----------|---------|----------|
| Y        | Y       | true     |
| Y        | N       | false    |
| Y        | null    | null     |
| N        | Y       | true     |
| N        | N       | true     |
| N        | null    | true     |
| null     | Y       | true     |
| null     | N       | null     |
| null     | null    | null     |

例如，如果一个产品已经过时，但你不知道产品是否库存，那么你不知道该产品是否可销售。您可以按如下方式编写此三值逻辑：

SELECT CASE
           WHEN obsolete = 'N' OR instock = 'Y' THEN 'true'
           WHEN NOT (obsolete = 'N' OR instock = 'Y') THEN 'false'
           ELSE NULL
       END AS saleable

一旦确定了它的工作原理，就可以通过决定null的行为将三个结果转换为两个结果。例如，这会将null视为不可销售：

SELECT CASE
           WHEN obsolete = 'N' OR instock = 'Y' THEN 'true'
           ELSE 'false' -- either false or null
       END AS saleable

会是这样的：

SELECT OrderID, Quantity,
CASE
    WHEN Quantity > 30 THEN "The quantity is greater than 30"
    WHEN Quantity = 30 THEN "The quantity is 30"
    ELSE "The quantity is under 30"
END AS QuantityText
FROM OrderDetails;

SELECT CASE WHEN Obsolete = 'N' or InStock = 'Y' THEN 1 ELSE 0 
             END AS Saleable, * 
FROM Product