How To Write A Comparison Expression
Dec 8, 2006
Hi,
i need a column in a SELECT statement which returns always "true" (As a boolean value, not as a string)
so I first tried
SELECT field1, field2, true AS field3
but this is not working. If I use "0 AS field3" this returns fine the 0, but this is not a boolean but a int.
I also tried to make something like
    "0 = 0 AS field"
but also errors. In that context I discoverd that I could not compare values in the select field - I can use +,-+,* ... for having something like "2 * field1 AS field3" but I'm not clever enough to figure out how I would have a field "field1 < 12 AS field3" (ok I would use CASE, but I need the boolean return value...)
Any ideas?
Thanks in advance,
Klaus
how could I write something
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Sep 14, 2006
I'm trying to put an expression into a view query column. I've already created a column which contains the results of a calculation in the form of an expression. What I don't know how to do is use comparison operators to return a boolean value for display. I'll give some examples of what I'm trying to do, using literal values just to simplify things...
So say I want to display the result of an expression in a view query column, as a boolean value (or BIT), as True or False. I've tried putting the following expressions into the column and none work:
4 < 5: Access converts this to the string '4 < 5' and it's just displayed as a string.
CAST( '4 < 5' AS BIT ): When run, the query displays the error 'Syntax error converting the varchar value '4 < 5' to a column of data type BIT.
Although I'm using Access 2003, It's just a front end for a SQL Server 2000 database. The actual SQL statement containing the latter SQL function is:
SELECT dbo.Tapes.No, dbo.Tapes.Status, dbo.Tapes.LastWrittenDate, dbo.Tapes.Pool, dbo.Tapes.Location, dbo.TapeJobs.No AS Expr1, dbo.TapeJobs.JobNo,
dbo.TapeJobs.TapeNo, dbo.Jobs.No AS Expr2, dbo.Jobs.Date, dbo.Jobs.Successful, dbo.Jobs.RetentionRule, dbo.RetentionRules.No AS Expr3,
dbo.RetentionRules.Name, dbo.RetentionRules.Description, dbo.RetentionRules.RetentionPeriod, dbo.RetentionRules.RetentionCycles,
dbo.Jobs.Date + dbo.RetentionRules.RetentionPeriod AS AgedJob, CAST('4 < 5' AS BIT) AS Expr4
FROM dbo.RetentionRules INNER JOIN
dbo.Jobs ON dbo.RetentionRules.No = dbo.Jobs.RetentionRule RIGHT OUTER JOIN
dbo.Tapes RIGHT OUTER JOIN
dbo.TapeJobs ON dbo.Tapes.No = dbo.TapeJobs.TapeNo ON dbo.Jobs.No = dbo.TapeJobs.JobNo
I'm new to SQL. I think the CAST function is the way forward, but I just don't know how to force it to resolve the expression '4 < 5'.
Can someone please help ?
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Paul Anderson
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Hi friends,
How can I do, in one Trigger, to returns if two columns, one of the Inserted and other of the Deleted, are differents ? I used this example:
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Examples:
1 - If in the Table are keeped null and the new value is different of Null
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2 - If in the Table are keeped a value and the new value is null the
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Excuse me, my English is not currently.
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