Posted by Rory Browne on 04/07/05 00:16

Hi

I appreciate this is an SQL issue, more than a PHP issue, but since it
isn't a DB specific issue, and I'm planning on using it with PHP(and
I'm not subscribed to any SQL lists), I thought I'd post it here.

I have a table a bit like the following:

create table thing (name char(10), value boolean, name_if_true
char(10), name_if_false(10))

Basicly what will be modified will be the value field. name_if_true,
and name_if_false are static(and will in practice be in a different
table). The table may look a bit like the following:

| Accept | 0 | Yes | No |
| Gender | 1 | Female | Male
| State | 0 | Broken |fixed

Can anyone suggest a query that will return:

| Accept | No
| Gender | Female
| State | fixed

Preferably in a db independent manner.

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