"Jay Blanchard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 12/16/2004 01:00:00 PM:
> [snip] > 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? > [/snip] > > Use an IF... > > SELECT SUM(IF(myColumn IS NULL, 0, myColumn)) AS myTotal > FROM myTable alternatively: SELECT SUM(COALESCE(myColumn,0)) as myTotal Shawn Green Database Administrator Unimin Corporation - Spruce Pine
