postgress if
-- use postgress case
SELECT name, continent, indep_year,
CASE WHEN indep_year < 1900 THEN 'before 1900'
WHEN indep_year <= 1930 THEN 'between 1900 and 1930'
ELSE 'after 1930' END
AS indep_year_group
FROM countries
ORDER BY indep_year_group;