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cutiebo2t
Constraint Violating Yak Guru
256 Posts |
 Posted - 2008-07-02 : 05:09:22
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| I have this statement:COUNT(SesTime)when I check the tables, they're all blanks. Why are blanks being counted? |
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visakh16
Very Important crosS Applying yaK Herder
52326 Posts |
Posted - 2008-07-02 : 05:19:27
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| is it blanks or space(' ')?. count ignores only NULL values. |
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cutiebo2t
Constraint Violating Yak Guru
256 Posts |
Posted - 2008-07-02 : 05:22:54
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| it's blank |
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cutiebo2t
Constraint Violating Yak Guru
256 Posts |
Posted - 2008-07-02 : 05:32:37
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| i got it..it's space (''). Is there a way to ignore the space when counting? thanks |
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visakh16
Very Important crosS Applying yaK Herder
52326 Posts |
Posted - 2008-07-02 : 05:42:07
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Originally posted by cutiebo2t
i got it..it's space (''). Is there a way to ignore the space when counting? thanks
try using a NULLIF insideNULLIF(field,' ') |
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cutiebo2t
Constraint Violating Yak Guru
256 Posts |
Posted - 2008-07-02 : 05:47:21
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| it's not actually Null. It's a space. |
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madhivanan
Premature Yak Congratulator
22864 Posts |
Posted - 2008-07-02 : 08:59:03
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quote:
Originally posted by cutiebo2t
i got it..it's space (''). Is there a way to ignore the space when counting? thanks
Add where clauseWHERE col>''orSELECT sum(case when col>'' then 1 else 0 end) as COUNTING from tableMadhivananFailing to plan is Planning to fail |
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visakh16
Very Important crosS Applying yaK Herder
52326 Posts |
Posted - 2008-07-02 : 13:40:30
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Originally posted by cutiebo2t
it's not actually Null. It's a space.
NULLIF(field,' ') will convert space to NULL |
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counting blanks