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From Lane Van Ingen
Subject Why Doesn't SQL This Expression Work?
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Msg-id EKEMKEFLOMKDDLIALABIAEKMCBAA.lvaningen@esncc.com
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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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