I believe the problem is that the expression is being eavluated as an
integer, so it's rounded down before it's multiplied by 100;
A simple cast to float4 should help:
test=> select (589824 / ((240 * 255840) / 8) * 100);
?column?
----------
0
(1 row)
test=> select (589824 / ((240 * 255840)::float4 / 8) * 100);
?column?
------------------
7.68480300187617
(1 row)
Dmitri
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> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [SQL] Why Doesn't SQL This Expression Work?
>
>
> Hi, am trying to do a simple computation on two views, but
> for some reason the current_util_in computation always
> returns zero. All fields being used are integer.
>
> select a.if_id,
> a.in_count,
> a.time_incr,
> b.speed,
> ((a.time_incr * b.speed) / 8) as possible_bytes,
> (a.in_count / ((a.time_incr * b.speed) / 8) * 100) AS
> current_util_in,
> from if_history_view1 a, speed_history_view1 b
> where a.if_id = b.if_id
> and a.if_id = 2;
>
> The inner computation (a.time_incr * b.speed / 8) evaluated
> properly to 7675200. Add the "in_count divide operation", and
> the result is zero.
>
> The result expected is a percentage, and should compute to
> 7.68 (8 as an integer), when multiplied by 100. What is wrong
> here? Here is the result:
> Row if_id in_count time_incr speed possible_bytes
> current_util_in
> 1 2 589824 240 255840 7675200 0
>
>
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