1. CASE WHEN 表达式有两种形式
--简单Case函数  
CASE sex  
WHEN \'1\' THEN \'男\'  
WHEN \'2\' THEN \'女\'  
ELSE \'其他\' END  
--Case搜索函数  
CASE
WHEN sex = \'1\' THEN \'男\'  
WHEN sex = \'2\' THEN \'女\'  
ELSE \'其他\' END  
2. CASE WHEN 在语句中不同位置的用法
2.1 SELECT CASE WHEN 用法
SELECT   grade, COUNT (CASE WHEN sex = 1 THEN 1      /*sex 1为男生,2位女生*/
                       ELSE NULL
                       END) 男生数,
                COUNT (CASE WHEN sex = 2 THEN 1
                       ELSE NULL
                       END) 女生数
    FROM students GROUP BY grade;
2.2 WHERE CASE WHEN 用法
SELECT T2.*, T1.*
   FROM T1, T2
  WHERE (CASE WHEN T2.COMPARE_TYPE = \'A\' AND
                   T1.SOME_TYPE LIKE \'NOTHING%\'
                THEN 1
              WHEN T2.COMPARE_TYPE != \'A\' AND
                   T1.SOME_TYPE NOT LIKE \'NOTHING%\'
                THEN 1
              ELSE 0
           END) = 1
2.3 GROUP BY CASE WHEN 用法
SELECT  
CASE WHEN salary <= 500 THEN \'1\'  
WHEN salary > 500 AND salary <= 600  THEN \'2\'  
WHEN salary > 600 AND salary <= 800  THEN \'3\'  
WHEN salary > 800 AND salary <= 1000 THEN \'4\'  
ELSE NULL END salary_class, -- 别名命名
COUNT(*)  
FROM    Table_A  
GROUP BY  
CASE WHEN salary <= 500 THEN \'1\'  
WHEN salary > 500 AND salary <= 600  THEN \'2\'  
WHEN salary > 600 AND salary <= 800  THEN \'3\'  
WHEN salary > 800 AND salary <= 1000 THEN \'4\'  
ELSE NULL END;  
3.关于IF-THEN-ELSE的其他实现
3.1 DECODE() 函数
select decode(sex, \'M\', \'Male\', \'F\', \'Female\', \'Unknown\')
from   employees;
貌似只有Oracle提供该函数,而且不支持ANSI SQL,语法上也没CASE WHEN清晰,个人不推荐使用。
3.2 在WHERE中特殊实现
SELECT T2.*, T1.*
   FROM T1, T2
  WHERE (T2.COMPARE_TYPE = \'A\' AND T1.SOME_TYPE LIKE \'NOTHING%\')
         OR
        (T2.COMPARE_TYPE != \'A\' AND T1.SOME_TYPE NOT LIKE \'NOTHING%\')
这种方法也是在特殊情况下使用,要多注意逻辑,不要弄错。