CASE SELECT syntax - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Marco Lazzeri
Subject CASE SELECT syntax
Date
Msg-id 1074187427.4669.114.camel@macbeth.intranet.noze.it
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Responses Re: CASE SELECT syntax  (Bruno Wolff III <bruno@wolff.to>)
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What about a SELECT syntax like that?

SELECT
    CASE WHEN bar.foo_id IS NULL THEN bar.*
    ELSE foo.*
FROM foo, bar

Anyway, I need a SELECT query that gets data from a FIRST TABLE if a
specific value in a SECOND TABLE is NULL or from SECOND TABLE itself if
the value IS NOT NULL.

Any suggestion?

Thank you!
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