Using Same CASE WHEN Conditions For Multiple Query Columns

Is there a "better" way to rewrite a SELECT clause where multiple columns use the same CASE WHEN conditions so that the conditions are only checked once?

See the example below.

SELECT
    CASE testStatus 
        WHEN 'A' THEN 'Authorized'
        WHEN 'C' THEN 'Completed'
        WHEN 'P' THEN 'In Progress'
        WHEN 'X' THEN 'Cancelled'
    END AS Status,

    CASE testStatus 
        WHEN 'A' THEN authTime
        WHEN 'C' THEN cmplTime
        WHEN 'P' THEN strtTime
        WHEN 'X' THEN cancTime
    END AS lastEventTime,

    CASE testStatus 
        WHEN 'A' THEN authBy
        WHEN 'C' THEN cmplBy
        WHEN 'P' THEN strtBy
        WHEN 'X' THEN cancBy
    END AS lastEventUser
FROM test

In non-sql psuedo-code, the code might look like:

CASE testStatus
    WHEN 'A'
        StatusCol        = 'Authorized'
        lastEventTimeCol = authTime 
        lastEventUserCol = authUser
    WHEN 'C'
        StatusCol        = 'Completed'
        lastEventTimeCol = cmplTime
        lastEventUserCol = cmplUser
    ...
END

Note:

• I am aware of the obvious normalization issues implied by the query. I only wanted to demonstrate the issue.

If all these columns are from the same table, you can use something like this:

SELECT  
        'Authorized' AS StatusCol,
        authTime     AS lastEventTimeCol, 
        authUser     AS lastEventUserCol 
    FROM test
    WHERE testStatus = 'A'

  UNION ALL

    SELECT  
        'Completed', 
        cmplTime,
        cmplUser    
    FROM test
    WHERE testStatus = 'C'

  UNION ALL

    SELECT  
        'In Progress', 
        strtTime,
        strtUser    
    FROM test
    WHERE testStatus = 'P'

  UNION ALL

    SELECT  
        'Cancelled', 
        cancTime,
        cancUser    
    FROM test
    WHERE testStatus = 'X' ;

StackExchange Database Administrators Q#18239, answer score: 7