Question

I’m using mySQL query together with CASE statement in the WHERE clause.

SELECT * from places WHERE 
                        CASE WHEN
                            column1 > column2
                        THEN 
                            id > 100
                        WHEN 
                            column1 < column2
                        THEN
                            id < 100
                         ELSE
                            <DONT SELECT THE ROW>
                         END

I’m not sure how to Not select any rows if column1 = column2 (meaning we are in the ELSE branch). How should I achieve this?

Answer 1

Try add impossible condition ELSE 0 = 1. Another option I’m not 100% sure is not to put anything in ELSE – it must have default ELSE NULL