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Inline IF and CASE statements in MySQL
There are times where running IF statements inside a query can be useful. MySQL provides a simple way to do this through the use of IF and CASE statements.The IF statement takes three arguments; the conditional, the true value and the false value. False and true values may be static values or column values. For example:SELECT IF(score > 100, 100, score) AS scoreFROM exam_resultsthis will return the value in the score column limited to a maximum value of 100. IF statements can also be nested:SELECT IF(score > 100, 100, IF(score < 0, 0, score))FROM exam_resultsCASE statements (s...