DROP DATABASE IF EXISTS mcs174_db; CREATE DATABASE mcs174_db; USE mcs174_db; SET default_storage_engine=Columnstore; CREATE TABLE t1 (a CHAR(1), b INT, c DATETIME, d DOUBLE); INSERT INTO t1 VALUES (NULL, NULL, '0-0-0', NULL),('a', 12, '1212-12-12', 1.19691E+100),('b', 13, '1313-3-13 13:13:13', 2.1961E+18),('c', 14, '1414-4-14', 0.16191),('d', 15, '2015-5-15 15:15:15', 1.971917); SHOW CREATE TABLE t1; Table Create Table t1 CREATE TABLE `t1` ( `a` char(1) DEFAULT NULL, `b` int(11) DEFAULT NULL, `c` datetime DEFAULT NULL, `d` double DEFAULT NULL ) ENGINE=Columnstore DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb3 COLLATE=utf8mb3_general_ci SELECT b, c, (CASE WHEN a = 'b' THEN b ELSE c END) FROM t1; b c (CASE WHEN a = 'b' THEN b ELSE c END) NULL 0000-00-00 00:00:00 0000-00-00 00:00:00 12 1212-12-12 00:00:00 1212-12-12 00:00:00 13 1313-03-13 13:13:13 13 14 1414-04-14 00:00:00 1414-04-14 00:00:00 15 2015-05-15 15:15:15 2015-05-15 15:15:15 SELECT b, a, (CASE WHEN b > 13 THEN b ELSE a END) FROM t1; b a (CASE WHEN b > 13 THEN b ELSE a END) NULL NULL NULL 12 a a 13 b b 14 c 14 15 d 15 SELECT c, a, (CASE WHEN d > 1 THEN a ELSE c END) FROM t1; c a (CASE WHEN d > 1 THEN a ELSE c END) 0000-00-00 00:00:00 NULL 0000-00-00 00:00:00 1212-12-12 00:00:00 a a 1313-03-13 13:13:13 b b 1414-04-14 00:00:00 c 1414-04-14 00:00:00 2015-05-15 15:15:15 d d SELECT a, c, (CASE WHEN c IS NULL THEN a ELSE c END) FROM t1; a c (CASE WHEN c IS NULL THEN a ELSE c END) NULL 0000-00-00 00:00:00 0000-00-00 00:00:00 a 1212-12-12 00:00:00 1212-12-12 00:00:00 b 1313-03-13 13:13:13 1313-03-13 13:13:13 c 1414-04-14 00:00:00 1414-04-14 00:00:00 d 2015-05-15 15:15:15 2015-05-15 15:15:15 SELECT (CASE WHEN a = 'a' THEN 0 ELSE 1 END) FROM t1; (CASE WHEN a = 'a' THEN 0 ELSE 1 END) 1 0 1 1 1 SELECT (CASE WHEN 10 > 5 THEN 'True' ELSE 'False' END); (CASE WHEN 10 > 5 THEN 'True' ELSE 'False' END) True DROP DATABASE mcs174_db;