Add Temporary Column in MySQL Based on Another Column

You can use CASE statement for this and set conditions to get result in the temporary column.

Let us first create a table −

mysql> create table DemoTable
   (
   EmployeeId int NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,
   EmployeeName varchar(20),
   EmployeeSalary int,
   EmployeeExperience int
   );
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.64 sec)

Following is the query to insert some records in the table using insert command −

mysql> insert into DemoTable(EmployeeName,EmployeeSalary,EmployeeExperience) values('Larry',4500,5);
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.20 sec)
mysql> insert into DemoTable(EmployeeName,EmployeeSalary,EmployeeExperience) values('Mike',130000,8);
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.21 sec)
mysql> insert into DemoTable(EmployeeName,EmployeeSalary,EmployeeExperience) values('Sam',11000,5);
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.15 sec)
mysql> insert into DemoTable(EmployeeName,EmployeeSalary,EmployeeExperience) values('Carol',140000,8) ;
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.18 sec)

Following is the query to display records from the table using select command −

mysql> select *from DemoTable;

This will produce the following output −

+------------+--------------+----------------+--------------------+
| EmployeeId | EmployeeName | EmployeeSalary | EmployeeExperience |
+------------+--------------+----------------+--------------------+
| 1          | Larry        | 4500           | 5                  |
| 2          | Mike         | 130000         | 8                  |
| 3          | Sam          | 11000          | 5                  |
| 4          | Carol        | 140000         | 8                  |
+------------+--------------+----------------+--------------------+
4 rows in set (0.00 sec)

Following is the query to add a temporary column in MySQL where the values depend on another column. Here the temporary column is NewSalary −

mysql> select EmployeeId,EmployeeName,EmployeeSalary,EmployeeExperience,
case when
   EmployeeExperience=5 then EmployeeSalary+10000
   when EmployeeExperience=8 then EmployeeSalary+20000
else null
   end as NewSalary
from DemoTable;

This will produce the following output −

+------------+--------------+----------------+--------------------+-----------+
| EmployeeId | EmployeeName | EmployeeSalary | EmployeeExperience | NewSalary |
+------------+--------------+----------------+--------------------+-----------+
| 1          | Larry        | 4500           | 5                  | 14500     |
| 2          | Mike         | 130000         | 8                  | 150000    |
| 3          | Sam          | 11000          | 5                  | 21000     |
| 4          | Carol        | 140000         | 8                  | 160000    |
+------------+--------------+----------------+--------------------+-----------+
4 rows in set (0.00 sec)