Help with constructing a conditional SQL statement

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Published on 2010-05-21T17:45:22Z Indexed on 2010/05/21 17:50 UTC
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Hello,

I want to construct a SELECT statement with a conditional IF.

Like, IF there is no records with the language code 'Swedish':

SELECT * FROM Entries WHERE Language = 'Swedish'

THEN use 'English'

SELECT * FROM Entries WHERE Language = 'English'

How would I construct this statement using MSSQL?

Thanks,

Stefan

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