Sql Server union with If condition

Question

I have a query like:

DECLARE @tmpValue
SET @tmpValue = 0 -- it will be change 

SELECT * FROM Animal WHERE AniActive = 1
UNION 
IF @tmpValue > 0 
SELECT * FROM Animal WHERE.Active = 0

When I use like this it is giving error because of if condition. I have to use UNION because of our structure.

How can I use it with if condition?

Thanks,
John

Solution 1

Move the condition @tmpValue > 0 to the WHERE clause like so:

SELECT * FROM Animal WHERE AniActive = 1
UNION
SELECT * FROM Animal WHERE @tmpValue > 0 AND Active = 0

Solution 2

Best way to put condition in Query is CASE statement . you can put any number of condition in query . CASE statement is used to put conditional filters in Query .

For EX.

DECLARE @tmpValue
SET @tmpValue = 0 -- it will be change 

SELECT * FROM Animal WHERE AniActive = 1
UNION
SELECT * FROM Animal 
WHERE 
1 = CASE WHEN @tmpValue  = 0 THEN 0 ELSE Active = 1 END

your situation is not to complex but for more complex condition you can use nested CASE statement in Query .

Solution 3

You can add your condition to the query like this. the section part of the union will simply return no results if your test condition is false:

DECLARE @tmpValue

SET @tmpValue = 0 -- it will be change 

SELECT * FROM Animal WHERE AniActive = 1
UNION 
SELECT * FROM Animal WHERE.Active = 0 and @tmpValue > 0