I am working with manufacturing costs and the value of the fabrication still left to go (the "Net Work In Process"). The SQL is straight arithmetic but the query doesn't result in a value if there is a minus sign (subtraction) in the denominator. The database columns:
A = Material issued cost
B = Miscellaneous cost adds
C = Labor
D = Overhead
E = Setup cost
F = Scrap cost
G = Received cost (cost of assemblies completed already)
H = Original Quantity ordered
I = Quantity deviation
J = Quantity split from order
K = Quantity received (number of assemblies completed already)
The Net WIP cost is nothing more than the total cost remaining divided by the total quantity remaining. So in short, I'm simply trying to do this:
select (A + B + C + D + E - F - G) / (H + I - J - K) from MyTable
The subtractions work fine in the numerator but as soon as I subtract in the denominator, the query simply returns no value (blank). I've tried stuff like this:
select (A + B + C + D + E - F - G) / (H + I - (J + K)) from MyTable
select (A + B + C + D + E - F - G) / (H + I + (-J) + (-K)) from MyTable
select (A + B + C + D + E - F - G) / (H + I + (J * -1) + (K * -1)) from MyTable
None of these work. Just curious if anyone has come across this on IBM's DB2 database? Thanks.
You have nulls in one of the columns H, I, J, or K. Search for the offending rows using:
select H, I, J, K
from MyTable
where H is null
or I is null
or J is null
or K is null;
Then, you can treat those special cases according you your own logic. Typically you'll replace those nulls with zeroes or other values using COALESCE().