RE: [PHP-DB] MySQL Query Question

2003-01-23 Thread John W. Holmes
> 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', (c

Re: [PHP-DB] MySQL Query Question

2003-01-23 Thread Ignatius Reilly
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" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [PHP-DB] MySQL Query Question

2003-01-23 Thread Frank Peavy
Jeremy, This question probably should be posted to the MySql mailing list but here goes. Take a look at this link: http://www.mysql.com/doc/en/Where_optimisations.html Your example was not very explicit so I am not sure, but I believe you are in need of a WHERE clause. For example; Select a, b