Using If else in SQL Select statement

Question

I have a select statement which will return 2 columns.

ID | IDParent

Then in my program I have to test if IDParent is < 1 then use

Answer 1

Here are two ways "IF" Or "CASE".

SELECT IF(COLUMN_NAME = "VALUE", "VALUE_1", "VALUE_2") AS COLUMN_NAME 
FROM TABLE_NAME;

OR

SELECT (CASE WHEN COLUMN_NAME = "VALUE" THEN 'VALUE_1' ELSE 'VALUE_2' END) AS COLUMN_NAME 
FROM TABLE_NAME;