Question

The following is sybase code. Can someone see if the following is correct. I guess I’m missing out on the syntax somewhere

    declare @test  varchar(32)
    select @test="/data/dump/team/"

    update link
    set link.value=
     case when @test=substring(link.value,1,17)
                   then @test
          when  @test != substring(link.value,1,17)
                      value
    end 
    where link.value != ""
    and link_id=0 and row_id = 462135

As it is give me the following error: “Incorrect syntax near keyword end on line 10.”

Can please someone help me with the syntax.

Answer 1

Try adding “then” to the second case:

declare @test  varchar(32)
    select @test="/data/dump/team/"

    update link
    set link.value=
     case when @test=substring(link.value,1,17)
                   then @test
          when  @test != substring(link.value,1,17)
                   then value
    end