Minimum Value 3 Fields > 0

• ChrisM@Work

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  September 13, 2012 at 5:11 am

  #1537132

  dwain.c (9/13/2012)

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  ChrisM@Work (9/13/2012)

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  SELECT

  Id, A, B, C,

  MinVal

  FROM #MinAmt

  CROSS APPLY (

  SELECT MIN(a)

  FROM (VALUES (A),(B),(C) ) v (a)

  WHERE a > 0

  ) x (MinVal)

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• raghava_tg

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  September 13, 2012 at 6:33 am

  #1537161

  Try This

  🙂

  select Id,MIN(a) from (

  select a.id, a.a from #MinAmt a ,#MinAmt

  union

  select a.id, a.b from #MinAmt a ,#MinAmt

  union

  select a.id, a.c from #MinAmt a ,#MinAmt

  ) a where a>0 group by Id