On Thursday 22 February 2001 00:04, Simon Garner wrote:

> > I have a database of numbers:
> >
> > TOTAL HITS: 1000
> > PAGE 1: 500
> > PAGE 2: 250
> > PAGE 3: 250
> >
> > How can I query these numbers and display back a percentage number?
> > For instance with the numbers above:
> >
> > PAGE 1: 50%
> > PAGE 2: 25%
> > PAGE 3: 25%
> >
> > Or is their a process by which to store numbers for easily getting
> > this to work?
>
> SELECT (hitcount / 1000) * 100 AS percentage FROM sometable

Better (if it works):
SELECT (hitcount / MAX(hitcount)) * 100 AS percentage FROM sometable

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