drop table if exists t1; select IF(0,"ERROR","this"),IF(1,"is","ERROR"),IF(NULL,"ERROR","a"),IF(1,2,3)|0,IF(1,2.0,3.0)+0 ; IF(0,"ERROR","this") IF(1,"is","ERROR") IF(NULL,"ERROR","a") IF(1,2,3)|0 IF(1,2.0,3.0)+0 this is a 2 2.0 CREATE TABLE t1 (st varchar(255) NOT NULL, u int(11) NOT NULL) TYPE=MyISAM; INSERT INTO t1 VALUES ('a',1),('A',1),('aa',1),('AA',1),('a',1),('aaa',0),('BBB',0); select if(1,st,st) s from t1 order by s; s a A a aa AA aaa BBB select if(u=1,st,st) s from t1 order by s; s a A a aa AA aaa BBB select if(u=1,binary st,st) s from t1 order by s; s A AA BBB a a aa aaa select if(u=1,st,binary st) s from t1 where st like "%a%" order by s; s A AA a a aa aaa explain extended select if(u=1,st,binary st) s from t1 where st like "%a%" order by s; id select_type table type possible_keys key key_len ref rows Extra 1 SIMPLE t1 ALL NULL NULL NULL NULL 7 Using where; Using filesort Warnings: Note 1003 select high_priority if((test.t1.u = 1),test.t1.st,(test.t1.st collate _latin1'BINARY')) AS `s` from test.t1 where (test.t1.st like _latin1'%a%') order by if((test.t1.u = 1),test.t1.st,(test.t1.st collate _latin1'BINARY')) select nullif(u=0, 'test') from t1; nullif(u=0, 'test') NULL NULL NULL NULL NULL 1 1 explain extended select nullif(u=0, 'test') from t1; id select_type table type possible_keys key key_len ref rows Extra 1 SIMPLE t1 ALL NULL NULL NULL NULL 7 Warnings: Note 1003 select high_priority nullif((test.t1.u = 0),_latin1'test') AS `nullif(u=0, 'test')` from test.t1 drop table t1; create table t1 (num double(12,2)); insert into t1 values (144.54); select sum(if(num is null,0.00,num)) from t1; sum(if(num is null,0.00,num)) 144.54 drop table t1; create table t1 (x int, y int); insert into t1 values (0,6),(10,16),(20,26),(30,10),(40,46),(50,56); select min(if(y -x > 5,y,NULL)), max(if(y - x > 5,y,NULL)) from t1; min(if(y -x > 5,y,NULL)) max(if(y - x > 5,y,NULL)) 6 56 drop table t1;