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SQL Conditional Where

I have a Stored Procedure called spGetOrders which accepts a few parameters: @startdate and @enddate. This queries an "Orders" table. One of the columns in the table is called "ClosedDate". This column will hold NULL if an order hasn't been closed or a date value if it has. I'd like to add a @Closed parameter which will take a bit value. In a simple world, I'd be able to do.. 

select * from orders o
where o.orderdate between @startdate AND @enddate
and (if @Closed = 1 then o.ClosedDate IS NULL else o.ClosedDate IS NOT NULL)

Obviously, that's not going to work.. I'm also looking at dynamic sql which is my last resort, but starting to look like the answer..

Please help..

Solution

  • Try this:

    select * from orders o
where o.orderdate between @startdate AND @enddate
and ((@Closed = 1 And o.ClosedDate IS NULL) Or (@Closed = 0 And o.ClosedDate IS NOT NULL))

    Be vary careful about mixing AND's and OR's in the where clause. When doing this, the parenthesis to control the order of evaluation is VERY important.