Re: problems with SELECT query results

Hello,

Thank you all for your assistance. I did end up finding NULL in the 
'onorder' column which should have been zero's.... this was in a test 
table that happened to have some NULL in it for one reason or another 
but I should not find this in the production version of the table.

I also appreciate you pointing out the COALESCE function. I will find 
that helpful in future work.

I look forward to hopefully assisting you guys with some of your 
PostgreSQL dilemmas in the future!

Thanks again!!!

-Joshua

Richard Huxton wrote:
> Joshua wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I am new to this list and have been working with PostgreSQL since 
>> January.
>>
>> Here is my problem, I hope someone here has some experience or can 
>> point me in the right direction. I am writing the following query for 
>> a C# program I am writing:
>>
>> SELECT 'PV.LINEITEM:' || partnum || ',' || round(onhand) || ',' || 
>> round(qm5) || ',' || round(lsm4) || ',' || ',' || ',' || 
>> round(onorder) || ',' || ',' || ',' || binone || ',' || ',' || 
>> round(backorderqty) || ',' || ',' || round(onhold) || ',' || ',' || 
>> ',' || ',' || ',' || ',' || ',' || round(qtyperjob) || ',' || 
>> round(ordermax) AS gmrim FROM slparts WHERE vendor LIKE 'CH%'
>>
>> The query does work and I am getting results from the database. There 
>> are values for all 'partnum' in the database, however, the query 
>> results include blank fields here and there in between the returned 
>> records. Why am I receiving blank fields for 'gmrim'???? This 
>> absolutely defies logic and I cannot find any rhyme or reason for 
>> this problem. I cannot have any blank rows in the query, and again 
>> the database is completely populated with values.
>
> I'm not sure it is - I think you've got a NULL somewhere.
>
> Since NULL means "unknown" ('text' || NULL) = NULL
>
> Wrap all your column-references in COALESCE: e.g. COALESCE(partnum,'') 
> and see if that solves it. If so, go back and find rows WHERE partnum 
> IS NULL and correct them. Then set the NOT NULL constraint on the 
> relevant columns.
>