Question

I’m struggling with a case expression to determine which update statement to make. Is the below even possible or should i make separate update stored procedures for each update?

 IF (SELECT pick FROM warehouse WHERE order_no = @order_no and pick = @pick) is null
    CASE @pick 
    when 1 then
            UPDATE warehouse
            SET pick = @pick, startpickdate=@dchar, startpicktime=@tchar
            where order_no=@order_no
    when 2 then
            UPDATE warehouse
            SET pick = @pick, endpickdate=@dchar, endpicktime=@tchar
            where order_no=@order_no
    when 0 then
            UPDATE warehouse
            SET pick = @pick, endpickdate='', endpicktime='',startpickdate='', startpicktime=''
            where order_no=@order_no
END
GO

Answer 1

If you want to conditionally update your columns, this approach would work for you

UPDATE Warehouse
SET Pick = @pick
   , startPickDate = CASE @pick
                        WHEN 1 THEN @dchar
                        WHEN 2 THEN startPickDate
                        WHEN 0 THEN ''
                     END
   , startPickTime = CASE @pick
                        WHEN 1 THEN @tchar
                        WHEN 2 THEN startPickTime
                        WHEN 0 THEN ''
                     END
   , ...
WHERE order_no = @order_no