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From D'Arcy" "J.M." Cain
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In response to Re: [SQL] calculating percentages  (Thomas Good <tomg@nrnet.org>)
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Thus spake Thomas Good
> > > How does one do this:   SELECT (current_value/target) * 100;
> The divison rtns 0, which multiplied by 100, rtns 0.

Does "SELECT (current_value * 100)/target" work better?

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