Re: [sqlite] Bug wit length() SQL Query function

2007-02-26 Thread venkat akella
Thanks Rechard and Gerry for the quick reply. I will use that alternative solution. Is there any easy way to get the size of data stored in a table, size of a row usig Sqlite C APIs? Venkat. On 2/26/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: "venkat akella" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Re: [sqlite] Bug wit length() SQL Query function

2007-02-26 Thread Dennis Cote
venkat akella wrote: lenght() function in SQL Query is not behaving properly. I have explained this below with an example. Select length(col1) + length(col2) + length(col3) + length(col4) from TestTable; For example, there are four columns in a table and in a row three columns (col1,

Re: [sqlite] Bug wit length() SQL Query function

2007-02-26 Thread drh
"venkat akella" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi > > lenght() function in SQL Query is not behaving properly. I have > explained this below with an example. > >Select length(col1) + length(col2) + length(col3) + length(col4) from > TestTable; > > For example, there are four columns i

Re: [sqlite] Bug wit length() SQL Query function

2007-02-26 Thread Gerry Snyder
venkat akella wrote: even if one column is NULL, then its effecting the whole query. If you want NULL treated as zero numerically for col4, use coalesce(col4,0). Or you could find a way to get 0 into the column rather than NULL before the expression is evaluated. HTH, Gerry -