Well, maybe you want to read up on isnull() and case (..) in the manual.
It's in there, somewhere.
mysql> SELECT CASE 1 WHEN 1 THEN 'one'
-> WHEN 2 THEN 'two' ELSE 'more' END;
-> 'one'
mysql> SELECT CASE WHEN 1>0 THEN 'true' ELSE 'false' END;
-> 'true'
mysql> SELECT CASE BINARY 'B'
-> WHEN 'a' THEN 1 WHEN 'b' THEN 2 END;
-> NULL
IF(expr1,expr2,expr3)
If expr1 is TRUE (expr1 <> 0 and expr1 <> NULL) then IF() returns expr2;
otherwise it returns expr3. IF() returns a numeric or string value,
depending on the context in which it is used.
mysql> SELECT IF(1>2,2,3);
-> 3
mysql> SELECT IF(1<2,'yes','no');
-> 'yes'
mysql> SELECT IF(STRCMP('test','test1'),'no','yes');
-> 'no'
IFNULL(expr1,expr2)
If expr1 is not NULL, IFNULL() returns expr1; otherwise it returns expr2.
IFNULL() returns a numeric or string value, depending on the context in
which it is used.
mysql> SELECT IFNULL(1,0);
-> 1
mysql> SELECT IFNULL(NULL,10);
-> 10
mysql> SELECT IFNULL(1/0,10);
-> 10
mysql> SELECT IFNULL(1/0,'yes');
-> 'yes'
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Mogens Melander
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On Sat, April 7, 2007 20:19, John Kopanas wrote:
> I have a query that looks something like this:
>
> SELECT (c_o_w_inst_rev - c_o_w_estcost)/c_o_w_inst_rev
> FROM tmpGovernmentSummaries
>
> The problem is that sometimes c_o_w_inst_rev is 0 and dividing by zero
> returns a NULL.
>
> If c_o_w_inst_rev == 0 how can I return 0 for the SELECT above instead
> of NULL? Can I test in the SELECT if c_o_w_inst_rev is 0 and return 0
> and if not do the math?
>
> Insight would be greatly appreciated :-)
>
>
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