SELECT 1 ? 1 : 0; SELECT 0 ? not_existing_column : 1 FROM system.numbers LIMIT 1; SELECT if(1, if(0, not_existing_column, 2), 0) FROM system.numbers LIMIT 1; SELECT (SELECT hasColumnInTable('system', 'numbers', 'not_existing')) ? not_existing : 42 FROM system.numbers LIMIT 1; /* alias test */ SELECT 1 ? 1 : (0 as n), n FROM system.numbers LIMIT 1; SELECT 0 ? (number + 5 as n) : 0, n FROM system.numbers LIMIT 1; SELECT (2 as n) ? 1 : (number + 3 as nn), n, nn FROM system.numbers LIMIT 1;