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Connor McDonald

Thanks for the question, Ravi.

Asked: May 21, 2017 - 6:15 am UTC

Last updated: September 08, 2018 - 10:34 am UTC

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Hi Sir,

could you please provide a solution for the below error.ora 01476 divisor is equal to zero.

Table structure:emp

empno| curr_bal| prev_bal |prev_to_prev_bal
1 | 46 |47 |49
2 |18 |19 |20

select empno,
((curr_bal-prev_bal)/prev_bal) *100 as diff_perc,
((curr_bal-prev_to_prev_bal)/prev_to_prev_bal) *100 as diff_Quar_perc,
from emp;

when i ran the above query i am getting divide by zero error, i tried with Decode and case as well as to_char to resolve it but it is not working

could you please provide the exact query which will resolve Divde by zero error ASAP.

Thanks
Ravi

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diviser is equal to zero

Nandan, September 07, 2018 - 5:01 am UTC

with check_for_row as (
-- if the HWM table does not contain a row with a name
-- that matches the TableName variable, then the session will
-- fail with a zero divisor error. if the name does exist (it should
-- always exist), then the ID will be returned and the query will
-- return the desired data
select case when count(*) = 1 then max(ETL_HWM_ID) else 1/0 end ETL_HWM_ID
from GLOBAL_ETL.ETL_HIGH_WATER_MARK
where ETL_HWM_NAME = upper(trim(''))
)
select ehwm.ETL_HWM_ID
, ehwm.ETL_HWM_LOW_DTM
, ehwm.ETL_HWM_HIGH_DTM
, ehwm.ETL_HWM_INTERVAL
,ehwm.ETL_HWM_INTERVAL_FLG
from ETL_HIGH_WATER_MARK ehwm
, check_for_row cfr
where ehwm.ETL_HWM_ID = cfr.ETL_HWM_ID
and ehwm.ETL_HWM_ACT_FLG = 'N'
Connor McDonald
September 08, 2018 - 10:34 am UTC

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