Thanks for all your responses. I went with the coalesce way - it works like a
charm.
Thanks again!
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"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 mathemat
>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?
You can use ifnull
select sum(ifnull(points,0)) from abc;
[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)
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 myS
