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Bala Madhusoodhanan
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Method Madness: Cast Your Vote

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When it comes to handling conditional logic in SQL, developers have long debated the merits of two prominent approaches: the traditional if-else method and the powerful CASE statement

Are you a staunch supporter of if-else or an advocate for the versatility of CASE?

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Logic 1: Using If-Else Statment

CREATE PROCEDURE FlagOrderPriority @OrderID INT, @OrderValue DECIMAL(10, 2) AS BEGIN SET NOCOUNT ON; DECLARE @Priority VARCHAR(20); IF @OrderValue > 30 SET @Priority = 'Big Customer Order'; ELSE IF @OrderValue >= 10 AND @OrderValue <= 30 SET @Priority = 'Medium Order'; ELSE SET @Priority = 'Low priority order'; -- Log the order priority INSERT INTO OrderLog (OrderID, Priority) VALUES (@OrderID, @Priority); END;
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Logic 2: Using Case Statement

CREATE PROCEDURE FlagOrderPriority @OrderID INT, @OrderValue DECIMAL(10, 2) AS BEGIN SET NOCOUNT ON; DECLARE @Priority VARCHAR(20); SET @Priority = CASE WHEN @OrderValue > 30 THEN 'Big Customer Order' WHEN @OrderValue >= 10 AND @OrderValue <= 30 THEN 'Medium Order' ELSE 'Low priority order' END; -- Log the order priority INSERT INTO OrderLog (OrderID, Priority) VALUES (@OrderID, @Priority); END;
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Question 1: Method Madness If-else V/s Case statment

Question 2: Code Maintainence

Question 3:Code Performance

Question 4:Code enhancement

Question 5:Code Quality

Question 6:Persona

Cast your vote and let your voice be heard in this methodology faceoff

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