WHERE IS NULL, IS NOT NULL or NO WHERE clause depending on SQL Server parameter value

Question

I have a stored procedure in SQL Server 2000 that performs a search based on parameter values. For one of the parameters passed in, I need a different WHERE clause depending on its value - the problem is that the 3 values would be where MyColumn

1. IS NULL
2. IS NOT NULL
3. ANY VALUE (NULL AND NOT NULL) (essentially no WHERE clause)

I'm having some mental block in coming up with the correct syntax. Is this possible to do in one select statement without performing some IF @parameter BEGIN ... END branching?

Answer 1

Here is how you can solve this using a single WHERE clause:

WHERE (@myParm = value1 AND MyColumn IS NULL) OR  (@myParm = value2 AND MyColumn IS NOT NULL) OR  (@myParm = value3) 

A naïve usage of the CASE statement does not work, by this I mean the following:

SELECT Field1, Field2 FROM MyTable WHERE CASE @myParam     WHEN value1 THEN MyColumn IS NULL     WHEN value2 THEN MyColumn IS NOT NULL     WHEN value3 THEN TRUE END 

It is possible to solve this using a case statement, see onedaywhen's answer