Concatenating multiple CASE statements into one alias - sql

Question

After some previous help on how to approach a problem I am having with some legacy code, it seems like the best approach for my issue is to concatenate case statements to return a value I can parse out in PHP.
I am trying to do something like this, but it is returning many rows, and eventually getting this error:
Maximum stored procedure, function, trigger, or view nesting level
exceeded (limit 32).
SELECT org.org_id,
org.org_name_1,
Datename(YEAR, member.enroll_date) AS enroll_year,
Max(CASE
WHEN board.member_from IS NULL THEN 0
ELSE 1
END) AS board_member,
CASE
WHEN ( org.delete_reason = 'OUT'
AND org.org_delete_flag = 'Y'
AND org.org_status_flag = 'C' ) THEN 'out_of_business|'
ELSE ''
END + CASE
WHEN ( stat.carrier = 'BS'
AND stat.status_id IS NOT NULL
AND stat.termination_date IS NULL
AND stat.flat_dues > 0 ) THEN 'insurance_member|'
ELSE ''
END + CASE
WHEN ( stat.carrier = 'BS'
AND stat.status_id IS NOT NULL
AND stat.termination_date IS NULL
AND stat.flat_dues = 0
AND member.status_flag IN( 'C', 'P' ) ) THEN 'insurance_product|'
ELSE ''
END + CASE
WHEN ( member.enroll_date IS NOT NULL
AND member.status_flag NOT IN( 'C', 'P' ) ) THEN 'member_since|'
ELSE ''
END + CASE
WHEN ( org.org_relationship_parent = 'Y'
AND org.dues_category = 'MBR'
AND org.org_status_flag = 'R' ) THEN 'subsidiary_member|'
ELSE ''
END + CASE
WHEN ( org.org_misc_data_9 = 'PAC' ) THEN 'pac|'
ELSE ''
END + CASE
WHEN ( org.dues_category = 'PART' ) THEN 'partner_member|'
ELSE ''
END + CASE
WHEN ( org.dues_category = 'FREE'
AND org.org_status_flag = 'P' ) THEN 'associate_member|'
ELSE ''
END
--ELSE 'non_member'
--END
AS org_status,
60 AS expires_in,
CASE
WHEN stat.dues_type = 'M' THEN
CASE
WHEN ( stat.termination_date IS NULL ) THEN ( stat.flat_dues )
ELSE 0
END
ELSE
CASE
WHEN ( member.payments = 0 ) THEN member.dues_billed_annual
ELSE member.payments
END
END AS dues_level,
CASE
WHEN ( org.affiliate_code = 'PCCE'
AND org.dues_category = 'MBR'
AND org.org_status_flag = 'R' ) THEN 1
ELSE 0
END AS pcce_membr,
-- '$'+CONVERT(VARCHAR,#dues) AS dues_level,
Ltrim(#product_level) AS product_level,
Ltrim(#involve_level) AS involvement_level
FROM organiz AS org
LEFT JOIN affilbil AS member
ON member.status_id = org.org_id
AND member.dues_category = 'MBR'
LEFT JOIN individu AS ind
ON ind.org_id = org.org_id
LEFT JOIN commembr AS board
ON board.status_id = ind.ind_id
AND board.committee_code = '5'
AND board.member_to IS NULL
LEFT JOIN statinsmorn AS stat
ON stat.status_id = org.org_id
AND stat.carrier = 'BS'
AND stat.planz = 'PCI'
WHERE org.org_id = #org_id
GROUP BY org.org_id,
org.org_name_1,
member.enroll_date,
org.delete_reason,
org.org_status_flag,
org.org_delete_flag,
stat.status_id,
stat.flat_dues,
stat.dues_type,
stat.termination_date,
org.org_misc_data_9,
org_relationship_parent,
org.dues_category,
member.status_flag,
member.dues_billed_annual,
member.payments,
stat.carrier,
org.Affiliate_Code

Answer 1

Well, this is embarrassing.
When I was making my changes to the stored procedure, I had inadvertently placed a call to the same procedure at the bottom. So I was recursively calling the same procedure over and over again. DOH.