It is safe to test if the divisor is zero: replace columnB/columnC by IF( columnC = 0, 0, columnB/columnC ) (the "0" could be anything else; this depends on your business logic) Ignatius ____________________________________________ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeremy" <jeremy@basinbroadband.com> To: <php-db@lists.php.net> Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2003 10:29 PM Subject: MySQL Query Question > Hello, > I need some help from you MySQL gurus out there. This is pure SQL by the > way..no front-end. > > > Lets say you have a table that has 2columns.....columnA, > ColumnB and columnC > I have something like this > > if (columnA>'7', (columnB/columnC) + 52, columnB/ColumnC) as "Number" > > however i need to test if columnc is 0 also cause if i need divide by zero i > get a null value > > I cant figure out how to do this any help would be greatly appreciated > > > -- > PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
