Coldfusion query of queries case like statement - coldfusion

Question

I asked this question before, and although it was answered, it really didn't solve my issue, since as far as I can tell CF QoQ doesn't support the CASE statement.
Here is the other question: Background
So is there an easier way to accomplish what I'm trying to do, without using CASE statement in the sql, or am I going to have to just go back to the union style answer I originally came up with?
This is what I've come up with:
<cfquery name="range1" dbtype="query">
select count(col1) as cnt
from tbl1
where col1 <= 15000
</cfquery>
<cfquery name="range2" dbtype="query">
select count(col1) as cnt
from tbl1
where col1 <= 30000
</cfquery>
<cfquery name="range3" dbtype="query">
select count(col1) as cnt
from tbl1
where col1 <= 45000
</cfquery>
<cfquery name="range4" dbtype="query">
select count(col1) as cnt
from tbl1
where col1 <= 60000
</cfquery>
<cfquery name="range5" dbtype="query">
select count(col1) as cnt
from tbl1
where col1 <= 75000
</cfquery>
<cfquery name="range6" dbtype="query">
select count(col1) as cnt
from tbl1
where col1 > 75000
</cfquery>

Answer 1

The union style is appropriate, but your implementation might not be correct. You have this:
select count(col1) as range1
from tbl1
where col1 <= 15000
union
select count(col1) as range2
from tbl1
where col1 > 15001 and col1 <= 30000
etc...
If you run that you will end up with a single column and won't be able to determine what each row represents. Something like this would be better.
select 'less than 15000' range, count(col1) records
from tbl1
where col1 <= 15000
group by range
union
select '15001 to 30000' range, count(col1) as records
from tbl1
where col1 > 15001 and col1 <= 30000
group by range
etc...