"if, then, else" in SQLite

Question

Without using custom functions, is it possible in SQLite to do the following. I have two tables, which are linked via common id numbers. In the second table, there are two variables. What I would like to do is be able to return a list of results, consisting of: the row id, and NULL if all instances of those two variables (and there may be more than two) are NULL, 1 if they are all 0 and 2 if one or more is 1.

What I have right now is as follows:

SELECT 
    a.aid, 
    (SELECT count(*) from W3S19 b WHERE a.aid=b.aid) as num, 
    (SELECT count(*) FROM W3S19 c WHERE a.aid=c.aid AND H110 IS NULL AND H112 IS NULL) as num_null, 
    (SELECT count(*) FROM W3S19 d WHERE a.aid=d.aid AND (H110=1 or H112=1)) AS num_yes 
FROM W3 a

So what this requires is to step through each result as follows (rough Python pseudocode):

if row['num_yes'] > 0:
    out[aid] = 2
elif row['num_null'] == row['num']:
    out[aid] = 'NULL'
else:
    out[aid] = 1

Is there an easier way? Thanks!

Answer 1

Use CASE...WHEN, e.g.

CASE x WHEN w1 THEN r1 WHEN w2 THEN r2 ELSE r3 END

Read more from SQLite syntax manual (go to section "The CASE expression").