Tim Nelson <timnelson@phreaker.net> schrieb:
> I am getting division by zero on a calculated field ( sum(sales) is 0 ) and
> I can't find a way around this. I figured out you can't use an aggregate
> in a where, and using having the parser must (obviously) evaluate the
> select fields before considering teh having clause.
>
> Does anyone have a way around this? Thanks!
>
> select
> type,
> sum(sales),
> sum(cost),
> (sum(sales) * sum(cost) / sum(sales)) * 100
You need a case-statement like this example:
test=> select * from foo;
id | wert
----+------
0 | 0
1 | 1
2 |
(3 Zeilen)
test=> select id, case when wert != 0 then 5/wert end from foo;
id | case
----+--------------------
0 |
1 | 5.0000000000000000
2 |
(3 Zeilen)
HTH, Regards, Andreas
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