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Chapter 6: MySQL Language Reference 413 expr2 or expr3 returns string string expr2 or expr3 returns a oating-point value oating-point expr2 or expr3 returns an integer integer If expr2 and expr3 are strings, then the result is case-sensitive if both strings are case-sensitive. (Starting from 3.23.51) CASE value WHEN [compare-value] THEN result [WHEN [compare-value] THEN result ...] [ELSE result] END CASE WHEN [condition] THEN result [WHEN [condition] THEN result ...] [ELSE result] END The rst version returns the result where value=compare-value. The second version returns the result for the rst condition, which is true. If there was no matching result value, then the result after ELSE is returned. If there is no ELSE part then NULL is returned: mysql> SELECT CASE 1 WHEN 1 THEN "one" WHEN 2 THEN "two" ELSE "more" END; -> "one" mysql> SELECT CASE WHEN 1>0 THEN "true" ELSE "false" END; -> "true" mysql> SELECT CASE BINARY "B" WHEN "a" THEN 1 WHEN "b" THEN 2 -> NULL The type of the return value (INTEGER, DOUBLE or STRING) is the same as the type of the rst returned value (the expression after the rst THEN). 6.3.2 String Functions String-valued functions return NULL if the length of the result would be greater than the max_allowed_packet server parameter. See Section 5.5.2 [Server parameters], page 363. For functions that operate on string positions, the rst position is numbered 1. ASCII(str) Returns the ASCII code value of the leftmost character of the string str. Re- turns 0 if str is the empty string. Returns NULL if str is NULL: mysql> SELECT ASCII('2'); -> 50 mysql> SELECT ASCII(2); -> 50 mysql> SELECT ASCII('dx'); -> 100 See also the ORD() function. ORD(str) If the leftmost character of the string str is a multi-byte character, returns the code for that character, calculated from the ASCII code values of its constituent characters using this formula: ((first byte ASCII code)*256+(second byte ASCII code))[*256+third byte ASCII code...]. If the leftmost character is not a multi-byte character, returns the same value that the ASCII() function does:

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