How to fix "Divide by zero error" in SQL Server

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How to fix "Divide by zero error" in SQL Server

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Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004329 More actions · Answer 1

Derrick Leggett (6/22/2004)
Don't divide by zero. <img src='images/emotions/smile.gif' height='20' width='20' border='0' title='Smile' align='absmiddle'> You need to figure out where you are doing this and fix it.

BWAAA-HAAA!!!! Even if this thread is more than a decade old, I saw the title of this thread and I knew what my answer would be. You beat me too it and I had a great laugh after a tough day. 🙂

--Jeff Moden

RBAR is pronounced "ree-bar" and is a "Modenism" for Row-By-Agonizing-Row.
First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code:
________Stop thinking about what you want to do to a ROW... think, instead, of what you want to do to a COLUMN.

Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.

Helpful Links:
How to post code problems
How to Post Performance Problems
Create a Tally Function (fnTally)

Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004329 More actions · Answer 2

nigel. (2/26/2010)
Guys you're posting answers to a question asked in 2004. I hope they've fixed the problem by now. :w00t:

It's now more than a decade and if they're anything like the people I've been interviewing lately, the I'd have to say "probably not". 😛

--Jeff Moden

RBAR is pronounced "ree-bar" and is a "Modenism" for Row-By-Agonizing-Row.
First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code:
________Stop thinking about what you want to do to a ROW... think, instead, of what you want to do to a COLUMN.

Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.

Helpful Links:
How to post code problems
How to Post Performance Problems
Create a Tally Function (fnTally)

Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004329 More actions · Answer 3

Luis Cazares (11/6/2015)
priterande (11/5/2015)
select COALESCE(MIN(Act) / NULLIF(MAX(Act),0), 0) as minvsmaxAct from table_name
This is what I usually do, except that I don't reply to 5 year old threads. :w00t:

I usually don't care when a thread started... especially if someone has a better idea.

--Jeff Moden

RBAR is pronounced "ree-bar" and is a "Modenism" for Row-By-Agonizing-Row.
First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code:
________Stop thinking about what you want to do to a ROW... think, instead, of what you want to do to a COLUMN.

Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.

Helpful Links:
How to post code problems
How to Post Performance Problems
Create a Tally Function (fnTally)

johnwalker10 SSCrazy Eights Points: 9124 More actions · Answer 4

You can also do this

SELECT Dividend / ISNULL(NULLIF(Divisor,0),1) AS Result