Re: "and then" / "or else" - Mailing list pgsql-general

Michael Glaesemann wrote:
> On Nov 17, 2007, at 3:53 , Christian Schröder wrote:
>
>> Unfortunately, the trick from the docs (chapter 4.2.12) using "case
>> ... then" does not work inside an "if" statement (the "then" of the
>> "case" is interpreted as belonging to the "if" and thus leads to a
>> syntax error).
>
> I think if you use parentheses you can avoid the syntax error:
Ah, I didn't know that parentheses are allowed here. (And I must admit I
didn't try.)
Nonetheless, I think it would improve readability to have an extra
operator for this.

Regards,
    Christian

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