My understanding is that the CASE statement is supported for SQL Server
T-SQL. DAO, of which the OpenDatabase method is a part, is developed for
JET workspaces as well as ODBCDirect workspaces. The default for DAO is a
connection to a JET datasource. JET SQL syntax does not support the CASE
SQL statement. One alternative would be to use an IIF statement instead.
For example:

IIF(cd_hist=1, valor, 0)

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"Gilson" wrote in message
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Hello folks ! How can I use CASE WHEN statement on excel vba ? I'm using
excel sheet like database I did :

dim db as dao.database
dim rs as dao.recordset
dim cSQL as string

set db=opendatabase(thisworkbook.path & "\" &
thisworkbook.name,false,false,"Excel 8.0")

cSQL="select cd_codigo, (case when cd_hist=1 then valor else 0 end), (case
when cd_hist=2 then valor else 0 end) from [Plan1$]"

set rs=db.openrecordset(cSQL)

but this code make a error. Why ?

regards.