Question

I have the following issue :
We have this query :

select price*hours as payment from table employees

Now, if the result of that multiplication it’s 0, I’d like payment to be “x”, not 0.
Translated in nonsql this would mean :

(price*hours) != 0 ? (price*hours) : "x"

Any ideas how could i implement this sql command ?
Thanks!

Answer 1

SELECT COALESCE(CAST(NULLIF(price * hours, 0) AS VARCHAR), 'x') AS payment_text
  FROM employees;

…but I agree with @Marc Gravell that this kind of formatting should be done in the ‘front end’.