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CHOOSE LOGICAL FUNCTION IN SQL SERVER 2012

CHOOSE is one of the new built-in logical function introduced as a Part of Sql Server 2012. It returns the value at the specified index position from the list of values.

SYNTAX: CHOOSE ( index, val_1, val_2 [, val_n ] )

Example 1: CHOOSE Basic Example

SELECT CHOOSE(1,'Spring','Summer','Autumn','Winter')
SELECT CHOOSE(2,'Spring','Summer','Autumn','Winter')
SELECT CHOOSE(3,'Spring','Summer','Autumn','Winter')
SELECT CHOOSE(4,'Spring','Summer','Autumn','Winter')

Result:
CHOOSE_LOGICAL_FUNCTION_SQL_SERVER_2012_1

Example 2: CHOOSE function with variables as index and values.

DECLARE @SeasonId INT = 2, @Season1 Varchar(10) = 'Spring',
 @Season2 Varchar(10) = 'Summer',@Season3 Varchar(10) = 'Autumn',
 @Season4 Varchar(10) = 'Winter'

SELECT CHOOSE(@SeasonId, @Season1, @Season2, @Season3, @Season4)

Result: Summer

Example 3: CHOOSE will return NULL if INDEX position is outside the range of values.

SELECT CHOOSE(-10,'Spring','Summer','Autumn','Winter')
SELECT CHOOSE(0,'Spring','Summer','Autumn','Winter')
SELECT CHOOSE(5,'Spring','Summer','Autumn','Winter')

Result:
CHOOSE_LOGICAL_FUNCTION_SQL_SERVER_2012_2

Example 4: If index value is numeric, it will be implicitly converted to INT.

SELECT CHOOSE(3.1,'Spring','Summer','Autumn','Winter')
SELECT CHOOSE(3.85,'Spring','Summer','Autumn','Winter')

Result:
CHOOSE_LOGICAL_FUNCTION_SQL_SERVER_2012_3

Example 5: CHOOSE function Return Datatype will be the one with highest precedence from the Datatypes of the list of values

SELECT CHOOSE(3, 40.58, 50, 60, 70)

Result: 60.00

Example 6: CHOOSE function with Index Type as Varchar

SELECT CHOOSE('TEST','Spring','Summer','Autumn','Winter')

Result:
Msg 245, Level 16, State 1, Line 1
Conversion failed when converting the varchar value ‘TEST’ to data type int.

SELECT CHOOSE('3','Spring','Summer','Autumn','Winter')

Result: Autumn

You may like to read the below new built-in function’s introduced in Sql Server 2012:

New Built in Functions introduced in Sql Server
CONVERSION FUNCTIONS
PARSE TRY_PARSE
TRY_CONVERT
STRING FUNCTIONS
CONCAT FORMAT
LOGICAL FUNCTIONS
CHOOSE IIF
DATE AND TIME FUNCTIONS
EOMONTH
DATEFROMPARTS DATETIMEFROMPARTS
SMALLDATETIMEFROMPARTS DATETIME2FROMPARTS
TIMEFROMPARTS DATETIMEOFFSETFROMPARTS

Please correct me, if my understanding is wrong. Comments are always welcome.