LeetCode 627. Swap Salary

问题描述：

Given a table salary, such as the one below, that has m=male and f=female values. Swap all f and m values (i.e., change all f values to m and vice versa) with a single update query and no intermediate temp table.

 

For example:

 

| id | name | sex | salary |
|----|------|-----|--------|
| 1  | A    | m   | 2500   |
| 2  | B    | f   | 1500   |
| 3  | C    | m   | 5500   |
| 4  | D    | f   | 500    |

After running your query, the above salary table should have the following rows:

| id | name | sex | salary |
|----|------|-----|--------|
| 1  | A    | f   | 2500   |
| 2  | B    | m   | 1500   |
| 3  | C    | f   | 5500   |
| 4  | D    | m   | 500    |

分析：这道题恰好有我未知的知识，涉及数据库如何有选择地更新，主要是CASE...WHEN...THEN...ELSE...END的使用，可以看我转载的文章，对这个关键字有所介绍。其他就没有更多的了，直接上代码。

解答：

update salary 
    set sex = case 
        when sex = 'm' then 'f'
        else 'm'
        end;