Class Sequel::SQL::CaseExpression
In: lib/sequel/extensions/eval_inspect.rb
lib/sequel/sql.rb
Parent: Object

Represents an SQL CASE expression, used for conditional branching in SQL.

Methods

expression?   new  

Attributes

conditions  [R]  An array of all two pairs with the first element specifying the condition and the second element specifying the result if the condition matches.
default  [R]  The default value if no conditions match.
expression  [R]  The expression to test the conditions against

Public Class methods

Create an object with the given conditions and default value. An expression can be provided to test each condition against, instead of having all conditions represent their own boolean expression.

[Source]

     # File lib/sequel/sql.rb, line 992
992:       def initialize(conditions, default, expression=(no_expression=true; nil))
993:         raise(Sequel::Error, 'CaseExpression conditions must be a hash or array of all two pairs') unless Sequel.condition_specifier?(conditions)
994:         @conditions, @default, @expression, @no_expression = conditions.to_a, default, expression, no_expression
995:       end

Public Instance methods

Whether to use an expression for this CASE expression.

[Source]

      # File lib/sequel/sql.rb, line 998
 998:       def expression?
 999:         !@no_expression
1000:       end

[Validate]