> 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 Oh CRAP! You lost me... you said two columns but listed 3! ;) > if (columnA>'7', (columnB/columnC) + 52, columnB/ColumnC) as "Number" I think someone already suggested these, but either include a WHERE c != 0 in your WHERE clause (if you don't want those rows), or use a nested IF() to return a specific value when C is zero: IF(ColumnC=0,'Undef',IF(ColumnA>7,ColumnB/ColumnC+52,ColumnB/ColumnC)) ---John W. Holmes... PHP Architect - A monthly magazine for PHP Professionals. Get your copy today. http://www.phparch.com/ -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php