SELECT স্টেটমেন্টের ভিতরে IF() ফাংশন ব্যবহার করা যায়। প্রথম আর্গুমেন্ট হিসেবে কলামের নাম ও শর্ত দিন। Students টেবিল দিয়ে উদাহরণ:
mysql> SELECT * FROM Students; +----+-----------+-----------+----------+----------------+ | id | Name | Country | Language | Course | +----+-----------+-----------+----------+----------------+ | 1 | Francis | UK | English | Literature | | 2 | Rick | USA | English | History | | 3 | Correy | USA | English | Computers | | 4 | Shane | France | French | Computers | | 5 | Validimir | Russia | Russian | Computers | | 6 | Steve | Australia | English | Geoinformatics | | 7 | Rahul | India | Hindi | Yoga | | 8 | Harshit | India | Hindi | Computers | +----+-----------+-----------+----------+----------------+
IF() ব্যবহার করে ভাষা চেক:
mysql> SELECT Name,
IF(Language = 'English', 'Eng_Language', 'Other Language') AS 'Native Language',
Course
FROM students;
+-----------+-----------------+----------------+
| Name | Native Language | Course |
+-----------+-----------------+----------------+
| Francis | Eng_Language | Literature |
| Rick | Eng_Language | History |
| Correy | Eng_Language | Computers |
| Shane | Other Language | Computers |
| Validimir | Other Language | Computers |
| Steve | Eng_Language | Geoinformatics |
| Rahul | Other Language | Yoga |
| Harshit | Other Language | Computers |
+-----------+-----------------+----------------+