Equivalent of IF Statement in SQL Server

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There are times when you want to perform conditional checks within a SQL Query in SQL Server .

Below is a sample Query that demonstrates how to do it.

Equivalent of IF Statement in SQL Server

Assume that the Employee table contains a column called “Designation” and we might want to show a value 1 if the designation is SSE else show 0 . You can do it with the below query.

SELECT CASE
   WHEN designation ='SSE'
     THEN 1
     ELSE 0
   END as SENIOR, *
FROM Employee
Equivalent of IF Statement in SQL Server
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