>>>>>The error is very explicit. You're missing THEN keyword before inner case starts.
>>>>
>>>>thank you
>>>
>>>You're welcome. Hopefully you're close to the solution now.
>>
>>
>>Almost :)
>>
>>Now, how do I use the function? I'm calling it like this:
>>
>>

SELECT dbo.GetClaimItemStatus(clm_forwarded, cit_received, (select com_overduedays
>>															from companies
>>																inner join Clients on cli_comfk = com_pk
>>																inner join Claims subclaims on clm_clifk = cli_pk
>>																where subclaims.clm_pk = claims.clm_pk)) as statusfk
>>	from ClaimItems inner join Claims on cit_clmfk = clm_pk

>>
>>and getting this error:
>>
>>
>>Msg 4121, Level 16, State 1, Line 1.
>>Cannot find either column "dbo" or the user-defined function or aggregate "dbo.GetClaimItemStatus", or the name is ambiguous.
>
>I posted a way to call this function in my previous message.
>
>For table valued function you need to use CROSS APPLY, e.g.
>
>select T.Fields, F.Fields from myTable T CROSS APPLY dbo.InlineTableValuedFunction (T.Field1, T.Field2) F

Thanks again, I must have missed that.