Question

I need a case statement that allows partial matches. I get a syntax error, but am wondering if anything similar to this is possible. If not, my secondary solution is to re-write as a cursor…
Example:

SELECT CASE ColumnName
           WHEN 'value1' THEN 'answer1'
           WHEN 'value2' THEN 'answer2'
           WHEN LIKE '%TEST%' THEN 'answer3'
       END AS Answer
FROM TableName

Answer 1

try this

SELECT CASE 
           WHEN ColumnName = 'value1' THEN 'answer1'
           WHEN ColumnName = 'value2' THEN 'answer2'
           WHEN ColumnName LIKE '%TEST%' THEN 'answer3'
       END AS Answer
FROM TableName

example you can run

SELECT name,CASE 
           WHEN Name = 'sysobjects' THEN 'answer1'
           WHEN Name = 'syscols' THEN 'answer2'
           WHEN Name LIKE '%p%' THEN 'answer3'
           ELSE 'unknown'
       END AS Answer
FROM sysobjects