Hi Tim,
I guess you can add something like this
to your statement:
SELECT COALESCE( SUM(column) , 0 ) FROM ...
/Johan
Gustafson, Tim wrote:
Is there any way to make sum() return "0" instead of "NULL" when one or
more of the rows being sum()'d is null?
Phrased another way, is there a way to make mySQL treat "NULL" as "0"
when dealing with mathematical functions?
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