Question

My query in SQL Sever:

INSERT INTO BIT_Dashboard.dse.L_Projectgroup (Projectgrouptype_CD) VALUES
(
CASE Projectgroup_NAM

    WHEN ( 
         'BLA'
        | 'BI Projekt'
        | 'PDP'
        | 'VBM'
        ) THEN ('PRO')
END
)

I am getting the following error:
“Invalid column name ‘Projectgroup_NAM’.”

he thing is (maybe I forgot to emphasise that) is that I already have some rows in the table and I would like to update the Projectgrouptype_CD in the certain row with the query. What am I doing wrong?

Wha is my query not working?

Answer 1

Try to change it to select statement:

INSERT INTO BIT_Dashboard.dse.L_Projectgroup (Projectgrouptype_CD)
select
   CASE 
      WHEN Projectgroup_NAM in('BLA','BI Projekt','PDP','VBM') 
        THEN ('PRO')
   END
from BIT_Dashboard.dse.L_Projectgroup

I’m not sure table BIT_Dashboard.dse.L_Projectgroup is correct, but It’s an example.

Update syntax:

update BIT_Dashboard.dse.L_Projectgroup
  set Projectgrouptype_CD = 'PRO'
WHERE Projectgroup_NAM in('BLA','BI Projekt','PDP','VBM') 

If you need more case

update BIT_Dashboard.dse.L_Projectgroup
      set Projectgrouptype_CD = 
        case 
          WHEN Projectgroup_NAM in('BLA','BI Projekt','PDP','VBM') then 'PRO'
          WHEN Projectgroup_NAM in('BIT') then 'BIT'
        END