If Is Null in Select Statement

Greetings,
I am getting the following error
"Server: Msg 156, Level 15, State 1, Line 2
Incorrect syntax near the keyword 'IF'."
My SQL statement is:
SELECT dbo.tbl1.col1, dbo.tbl1.col2, dbo.tbl1.col3, dbo.tbl1.col4,
IF IS NULL(dbo.qry1.col5) THEN BEGIN dbo.qry2.col3 END ELSE BEGIN
dbo.qry1.col5 END
FROM dbo.tbl1 LEFT OUTER JOIN
dbo.qry2 ON dbo.tbl1.col4 = dbo.qr1.col3
LEFT OUTER JOIN
dbo.qry1 ON dbo.tbl1.col4 = dbo.qry1.col5
Note: qry1 and qry2 are the same query but am join different columns to the
same column in the table
Thanks for the help
KeithSELECT ..., COALESCE(qry1.col5, qry2.col3)
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"Keith" <Keith@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:6CBEB225-5880-4A26-A132-AD7F960FAD58@.microsoft.com...
> Greetings,
> I am getting the following error
> "Server: Msg 156, Level 15, State 1, Line 2
> Incorrect syntax near the keyword 'IF'."
> My SQL statement is:
> SELECT dbo.tbl1.col1, dbo.tbl1.col2, dbo.tbl1.col3, dbo.tbl1.col4,
> IF IS NULL(dbo.qry1.col5) THEN BEGIN dbo.qry2.col3 END ELSE BEGIN
> dbo.qry1.col5 END
> FROM dbo.tbl1 LEFT OUTER JOIN
> dbo.qry2 ON dbo.tbl1.col4 = dbo.qr1.col3
> LEFT OUTER JOIN
> dbo.qry1 ON dbo.tbl1.col4 = dbo.qry1.col5
> Note: qry1 and qry2 are the same query but am join different columns to
> the
> same column in the table
> Thanks for the help
> Keith|||IF IS NULL doesnt exist in SQL Server. Use ISNULL(Columtocheck, ElseValue),
OR COALESCE(Columntocheck[,ColumnTocheck], ElseValue). If you wanna put an
IF / CAse Expression in your query refer to the BOL and to the syntax of
CASE, example:
CASE Somecolumn
WHEN NULL THEN 'SomeValue'[Or a cloumn]
WHEN ...
...
ELSE 'Something'
END
HTH, Jens Suessmeyer.
http://www.sqlserver2005.de
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"Keith" <Keith@.discussions.microsoft.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:6CBEB225-5880-4A26-A132-AD7F960FAD58@.microsoft.com...
> Greetings,
> I am getting the following error
> "Server: Msg 156, Level 15, State 1, Line 2
> Incorrect syntax near the keyword 'IF'."
> My SQL statement is:
> SELECT dbo.tbl1.col1, dbo.tbl1.col2, dbo.tbl1.col3, dbo.tbl1.col4,
> IF IS NULL(dbo.qry1.col5) THEN BEGIN dbo.qry2.col3 END ELSE BEGIN
> dbo.qry1.col5 END
> FROM dbo.tbl1 LEFT OUTER JOIN
> dbo.qry2 ON dbo.tbl1.col4 = dbo.qr1.col3
> LEFT OUTER JOIN
> dbo.qry1 ON dbo.tbl1.col4 = dbo.qry1.col5
> Note: qry1 and qry2 are the same query but am join different columns to
> the
> same column in the table
> Thanks for the help
> Keith|||If is a Transact SQL Control flow statement, and cannot be used inside of a
SQL Statement. What you want is the SQL Case Expression. (look it up in
Books OnLIne)
as Folows:
SELECT dbo.tbl1.col1, dbo.tbl1.col2, dbo.tbl1.col3, dbo.tbl1.col4,
Case When dbo.qry1.col5 Is Null
Then dbo.qry2.col3
Else dbo.qry1.col5 End
FROM dbo.tbl1
LEFT OUTER JOIN dbo.qry2
ON dbo.tbl1.col4 = dbo.qr1.col3
LEFT OUTER JOIN dbo.qry1
ON dbo.tbl1.col4 = dbo.qry1.col5
"Keith" wrote:

> Greetings,
> I am getting the following error
> "Server: Msg 156, Level 15, State 1, Line 2
> Incorrect syntax near the keyword 'IF'."
> My SQL statement is:
> SELECT dbo.tbl1.col1, dbo.tbl1.col2, dbo.tbl1.col3, dbo.tbl1.col4,
> IF IS NULL(dbo.qry1.col5) THEN BEGIN dbo.qry2.col3 END ELSE BEGIN
> dbo.qry1.col5 END
> FROM dbo.tbl1 LEFT OUTER JOIN
> dbo.qry2 ON dbo.tbl1.col4 = dbo.qr1.col3
> LEFT OUTER JOIN
> dbo.qry1 ON dbo.tbl1.col4 = dbo.qry1.col5
> Note: qry1 and qry2 are the same query but am join different columns to th
e
> same column in the table
> Thanks for the help
> Keith|||Hi Keith,
The query can be re-written as
SELECT dbo.tbl1.col1, dbo.tbl1.col2, dbo.tbl1.col3, dbo.tbl1.col4,
ISNULL(dbo.qry1.col5, dbo.qry2.col3)
FROM dbo.tbl1 LEFT OUTER JOIN
dbo.qry2 ON dbo.tbl1.col4 = dbo.qr1.col3
LEFT OUTER JOIN
dbo.qry1 ON dbo.tbl1.col4 = dbo.qry1.col5
best Regards,
Chandra
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"Keith" wrote:

> Greetings,
> I am getting the following error
> "Server: Msg 156, Level 15, State 1, Line 2
> Incorrect syntax near the keyword 'IF'."
> My SQL statement is:
> SELECT dbo.tbl1.col1, dbo.tbl1.col2, dbo.tbl1.col3, dbo.tbl1.col4,
> IF IS NULL(dbo.qry1.col5) THEN BEGIN dbo.qry2.col3 END ELSE BEGIN
> dbo.qry1.col5 END
> FROM dbo.tbl1 LEFT OUTER JOIN
> dbo.qry2 ON dbo.tbl1.col4 = dbo.qr1.col3
> LEFT OUTER JOIN
> dbo.qry1 ON dbo.tbl1.col4 = dbo.qry1.col5
> Note: qry1 and qry2 are the same query but am join different columns to th
e
> same column in the table
> Thanks for the help
> Keith