Question

Is there a condensed form of the following statement?

SELECT Name, Case StatusID WHEN 1 THEN 'Alive' WHEN 2 THEN 'Alive' WHEN 3 THEN 'Alive' WHEN 4 THEN 'Dying' ELSE 'Dead' END FROM People

for example

CASE StatusID WHEN 1,2,3 THEN 'Alive'

or

CASE StatusID WHEN 1 OR 2 OR 3 THEN 'Alive'

Answer 1

In Oracle, assuming statuid is never <= 0:

SELECT Name, CASE WHEN statusid < 4 THEN 'Alive'
                  WHEN statusid = 4 THEN 'Dying'
                  ELSE 'Dead' END AS some_alias
  FROM people

You can also use DECODE.