Switchable slotted valve for a coating installation for controlling the dispensing of a pasty coating material, having the following features: a. it comprises a valve bore which is incorporated into a valve basic body and which is oriented in a valve direction of extent and which has an inner circumferential surface , b. it comprises a feed duct which is arranged in the region of the inner circumferential surface of the valve bore and which opens into the valve bore , c. it comprises a nozzle duct which is arranged in the region of the inner circumferential surface of the valve bore and which leads out from the valve bore , d. it comprises a valve sleeve which is arranged in the valve bore and which has an inner circumferential surface , which delimits a cavity oriented in the valve direction of extent , and an outer circumferential surface , e. the valve sleeve comprises a slot-shaped sleeve inlet which opens into the cavity and a slot-shaped sleeve outlet which leads out from the cavity, f. it comprises a valve control rod which is arranged in the valve bore , and which is traversed by a valve duct which has a slot-shaped duct inlet and a slot-shaped duct outlet , wherein g. the valve sleeve is non-rotatably mounted in the valve bore , with the result that the feed duct is connected to the cavity via the sleeve inlet , and the cavity is connected to the nozzle duct via the sleeve outlet , h. the valve control rod is mounted in the cavity of the valve sleeve so as to be rotatable about an axis of rotation extending in the valve direction of extent , i. the valve control rod is rotatable in the valve sleeve between a passage position and a closed position, wherein, in the passage position, the feed duct and the nozzle duct are communicatively connected via the valve duct and the sleeve inlet and the sleeve outlet , and wherein, in the closed position, the nozzle duct is isolated from the feed duct by the valve control rod . a. it comprises a valve bore which is incorporated into a valve basic body and which is oriented in a valve direction of extent and which has an inner circumferential surface , b. it comprises a feed duct which is arranged in the region of the inner circumferential surface of the valve bore and which opens into the valve bore , c. it comprises a nozzle duct which is arranged in the region of the inner circumferential surface of the valve bore and which leads out from the valve bore , d. it comprises a valve sleeve which is arranged in the valve bore and which has an inner circumferential surface , which delimits a cavity oriented in the valve direction of extent , and an outer circumferential surface , e. the valve sleeve comprises a slot-shaped sleeve inlet which opens into the cavity and a slot-shaped sleeve outlet which leads out from the cavity, f. it comprises a valve control rod which is arranged in the valve bore , and which is traversed by a valve duct which has a slot-shaped duct inlet and a slot-shaped duct outlet , wherein g. the valve sleeve is non-rotatably mounted in the valve bore , with the result that the feed duct is connected to the cavity via the sleeve inlet , and the cavity is connected to the nozzle duct via the sleeve outlet , h. the valve control rod is mounted in the cavity of the valve sleeve so as to be rotatable about an axis of rotation extending in the valve direction of extent , i. the valve control rod is rotatable in the valve sleeve between a passage position and a closed position, wherein, in the passage position, the feed duct and the nozzle duct are communicatively connected via the valve duct and the sleeve inlet and the sleeve outlet , and wherein, in the closed position, the nozzle duct is isolated from the feed duct by the valve control rod . <EOS>