可以将SELECT语句用作MySQLIF()函数的第一个参数。为了使其理解,请考虑“学生”表中的以下数据。mysql> Select * from Students;
+----+-----------+-----------+----------+----------------+
| id | Name | Country | Language | Course |
+----+-----------+-----------+----------+----------------+
| 1 | Francis | UK | English | Literature |
| 2 | Rick | USA | English | History |
| 3 | Correy | USA | English | Computers |
| 4 | Shane | France | French | Computers |
| 5 | Validimir | Russia | Russian | Computers |
| 6 | Steve | Australia | English | Geoinformatics |
| 7 | Rahul | India | Hindi | Yoga |
| 8 | Harshit | India | Hindi | Computers |
| 9 | Harry | NZ | English | Electronics |
+----+-----------+-----------+----------+----------------+
9 rows in set (0.00 sec)
现在以下查询将在IF()函数中使用SELECT语句mysql> Select ID, IF((Select COUNT(*) FROM Students WHERE Language = 'English')>(Select COUNT(*) from Students WHERE Language <> 'English'),(CONCAT("Name is ", Name)),(CONCAT("Course is ", Course))) AS 'Name/Course' from Students;
+----+-------------------+
| ID | Name/Course |
+----+-------------------+
| 1 | Name is Francis |
| 2 | Name is Rick |
| 3 | Name is Correy |
| 4 | Name is Shane |
| 5 | Name is Validimir |
| 6 | Name is Steve |
| 7 | Name is Rahul |
| 8 | Name is Harshit |
| 9 | Name is Harry |
+----+-------------------+
9 rows in set (0.00 sec)