Question

I’m trying to create an Oracle query that will use a parameter based on the CommandName of a button.

So here’s my query

SELECT id 
FROM table 
WHERE dateTime IS (CASE WHEN :CommandName = 'FIRST' THEN NULL ELSE NOT NULL END)

So I’m passing the parameter but it’s not working – I’m just getting a Missing NULL keyword error

I basically don’t want to have to write two separate queries based on the parameter that is input

Not even sure if this is possible or if this is the right way of doing it?

Any ideas?

Answer 1

You may want to read up on the CASE statement a bit more.

I believe you want the following code:

SELECT
    id 
FROM 
    table 
WHERE 
    (
        (dateTime IS NULL AND :CommandName = 'FIRST')
        OR
        (dateTime IS NOT NULL AND NVL(:CommandName, '') <> 'FIRST')
    )