On Sat, 21 Dec 2013 17:30:50 +0200
RSmith <rsm...@rsweb.co.za> wrote:

> Just move the scope of the grouping and use Nulls in stead of 0's,
> like this:
> 
> SELECT stats.which_year AS year,
> SUM(CASE WHEN stats.which_month =  1  THEN stats.quantity ELSE NULL
> END) AS gen,

ELSE NULL is the default

sqlite> create table T ( t int not null primary key );
sqlite> insert into T values (1) ;
sqlite> insert into T values (2) ;
sqlite> .nullvalue NULL
sqlite> select t, case t when 1 then 'one' end as tee from T;
1|one
2|NULL

But I would recommend ELSE 0, on the principle that NULL arithmetic is
dodgy at best.  

BTW, "which_month" means the same as "month"; you could tack
"which" in front of any name without changing the meaning.  

--jkl
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