I was trying to send a SQL query using ODBC to fill my worksheet with
some invoice information. In the Amount field I want it to be in
negative if the doc type is RETURN. So I did:

Select DOCNUM as Document,
DOCDATE as DocDate,
IIF(DOCTYPE="RET", -DOCAMT, DOCAMT) as Amount
From TableName

I was complaining about SQL syntax error. If I removed the IIF line
it worked fine. Does SQL support IIF?

Not AFAIK. Why don't you return DOCTYPE and DOCAMT and test DOCTYPE in Excel
and negate DOCAMT if ="RET".

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HTH

Bob Phillips
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"dchow" wrote in message
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I was trying to send a SQL query using ODBC to fill my worksheet with
some invoice information. In the Amount field I want it to be in
negative if the doc type is RETURN. So I did:

Select DOCNUM as Document,
DOCDATE as DocDate,
IIF(DOCTYPE="RET", -DOCAMT, DOCAMT) as Amount
From TableName

I was complaining about SQL syntax error. If I removed the IIF line
it worked fine. Does SQL support IIF?

I can't do that because what I was doing was to get a total amount for
each customer. If I did what you suggested I would easily fill all
65536 rows. If there is no way I have to do it in 2 queries, one for
iinvoice and one for return.
I thought if this could be done in Access why not Excel.

On Fri, 6 Feb 2004 20:29:37 -0000, "Bob Phillips"
wrote:

Not AFAIK. Why don't you return DOCTYPE and DOCAMT and test DOCTYPE in Excel
and negate DOCAMT if ="RET".

Okay, the other poster pointed out though that even if you can't use IIF,
there is always another way, DECODe for instance.

Is it Access you are querying?

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HTH

Bob Phillips
... looking out across Poole Harbour to the Purbecks
(remove nothere from the email address if mailing direct)

"dchow" wrote in message
...
I can't do that because what I was doing was to get a total amount for
each customer. If I did what you suggested I would easily fill all
65536 rows. If there is no way I have to do it in 2 queries, one for
iinvoice and one for return.
I thought if this could be done in Access why not Excel.

On Fri, 6 Feb 2004 20:29:37 -0000, "Bob Phillips"
wrote:

Not AFAIK. Why don't you return DOCTYPE and DOCAMT and test DOCTYPE in
Excel
and negate DOCAMT if ="RET".

I will try with DECOD.
No,it is not an Access database. It is a SQL database. I just tried to
access it with ACCESS queries. IIF worked with ACCESS but not Excel.

On Fri, 6 Feb 2004 23:39:58 -0000, "Bob Phillips"
wrote:

Okay, the other poster pointed out though that even if you can't use IIF,
there is always another way, DECODe for instance.

Is it Access you are querying?