>>Hi Dan,
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>>But I thought that IIF() only works with VFP; and for SQL Server stored procedure I need a CASE.
>>Did I miss something?
>>Thanks,
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>I believe MS added IIF in SQL 2012, though I think it was more for the Access crowd, to make their queries portable.
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>IIF isn't part of the ANSI standard, though I'm definitely guilty of using T-SQL extensions.
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>I realize this is a matter of style, but my 2 cents is that code using CASE statements shouldn't be changed to use IIF.
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>If someone can demonstrate functional or performance advantage, I'd be curious to see. But I wouldn't recommend changing if that can't be demonstrated.
Thank you for your input. I will keep CASE in my SP. Some of my customers still use SQL 2008; so I would not want anything to be broken. And your 2 cents input is appreciated.
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