Case statement in SQL query not working

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Hi All,

Am facing one problem in sql query,
the Query is,

SELECT (CASE WHEN GETDATE()='2016-04-11' THEN (SELECT MONTH(GETDATE())) ELSE 12 END) as AvgSales

when i execute the above query it always displaying result 12
But MY expected output is,

if the date is current year then the result is MONTH(GETDATE())
if the date is previous year then the result is 12

So please help me out of this solution.

thanks in advance

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case statement in sql query not working

Posted 10-Apr-16 18:52pm

stellus

Updated 10-Apr-16 19:00pm

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NiteshAgarwal · Accepted Answer · 2016-04-10T19:00:00

Solution 1

GETDATE() will return current date with timestamp. CAST GETDATE() into DATE in the query.

SELECT (CASE WHEN CAST(GETDATE() AS DATE) ='2016-04-11' THEN (SELECT MONTH(GETDATE())) ELSE 12 END) as AvgSales

Posted 10-Apr-16 19:00pm

NiteshAgarwal

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stellus 11-Apr-16 1:19am

thanks Nitesh,
i tried your code but its showing the error like ,
"Type DATE is not a defined system type."

stellus 11-Apr-16 1:55am

thanks nitesh,
i got the result instead of date i put datetime

NiteshAgarwal 11-Apr-16 3:15am

Which SQL Server you are using? Data type date was introduced in SQL Server 2008.