Showing posts with label ssize1. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ssize1. Show all posts

Sunday, March 11, 2012

conditional query

Hi there!

I'm struggling to write the correct SQL to do the following task:

there are 3 fields in a table: SSize1, SSize2, SSize3.
the data type of all three is integer.
i need to do a simple calculation to determine SSize based on the following condition:
if SSize3 <>0 then
SSize = SSize1 + (SSize2/SSize3)
else SSize = SSize1
end if

can anyone please help me? thanks in advance!

regards
leeDoes your SQL dialect support the CASE operator? That would be how I'd approach solving your problem.

-PatP|||do you want to get the SSize per each row?
If so, I think you have to store these 3 fields first in a temp table. Then use a cursor, or something like that,for your calculations to compute SSize per row.

If the SSize would get the total of these 3 fields, get first the sum for each of these fields. Placed it in integer variables, then proceed to your calculations. Try this

select @.SSize1 = sum(SSize1), @.SSize2 = sum(SSize2), @.SSize3 = sum(SSize3)
from table_name

if @.SSize3 <> 0 then
SSize = @.SSize1 + (@.SSize2/@.SSize3)
else
SSize = @.SSize1
end if

hope this would work on you :)|||Or, perhaps,

SELECT DECODE(SSize3, 0, SSize1, SSize1 + (SSize2 / SSize3)) SSize
FROM table_name;