[SOLVED] Simplify nested case when statement

Simplify nested case when statement

Below is my current SELECT CASE statement:

SELECT CASE 
WHEN edition = 'STAN' AND has9 = 1 THEN '9'
WHEN edition = 'STAN' AND has8 = 1 THEN '8'
WHEN edition = 'STAN' AND has7 = 1 THEN '7' 
WHEN edition = 'STAN' AND hasOLD = 1 THEN 'OLD'
WHEN edition = 'SUI'  AND has_s9 = 1 THEN 'S9' 
WHEN edition = 'SUI'  AND has_s8 = 1 THEN 'S8' ELSE 'S7' END AS version

I do not always want to repeat the edition = 'xxx' condition, such as

CASE WHEN edition = 'STAN' AND has9 = 1 THEN '9' ELSE WHEN has8 = 1 THEN '8' ELSE WHEN has7 = '7' ELSE WHEN edition 'SUI' AND has_s9 = 1 THEN 'S9' ELSE ...

In Excel this is fairly easy but how can I compile that in PostgreSQL?

Solution

Try this

SELECT CASE 
WHEN edition = 'STAN' THEN 
     CASE 
          WHEN has9 = 1 THEN '9'
          WHEN has8 = 1 THEN '8'
          WHEN has7 = 1 THEN '7'
          WHEN hasOLD = 1 THEN 'OLD'
     END
WHEN edition = 'SUI' THEN
     CASE 
          WHEN has9 = 1 THEN 'S9'
          WHEN has8 = 1 THEN 'S8'
     END
ELSE 'S7' END AS version