How do I put an 'if clause' in an SQL string?

Question

So here\'s what I want to do on my MySQL database.

I would like to do:

SELECT *
    FROM itemsOrdered
    WHERE purchaseOrder_ID = \'@purchaseOr         


        

Answer 1

after sql server 2008 provide Merge to insert,update and delete operation based on single match statement, also that allows you to join. below sample example might be helps you.

MERGE Target AS T
USING Source AS S
ON (T.EmployeeID = S.EmployeeID) 
WHEN NOT MATCHED BY TARGET AND S.EmployeeName LIKE 'S%' 
    THEN INSERT(EmployeeID, EmployeeName) VALUES(S.EmployeeID, S.EmployeeName)
WHEN MATCHED 
    THEN UPDATE SET T.EmployeeName = S.EmployeeName
WHEN NOT MATCHED BY SOURCE AND T.EmployeeName LIKE 'S%'
    THEN DELETE 
OUTPUT $action, inserted.*, deleted.*;

like this you can insert, update and delete in one statements.

and for more information you can refer official documents on https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb522522(v=sql.105).aspx