>>Hi,
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>>I am trying to count unique values in the field (using SQL Select) if the value is greater than 0
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>>So, here is syntax I use (simplified) (which generates an error):
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>>select count( case when mytable.myfield = 0 then 0 else distinct( mytable.myfield ) end ) as TotCount
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>>What is wrong in the above syntax?
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>I am not aware of that syntax in SQL. It might work but I've never used it. With what I know, I would use this:
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SELECT DISTINCT mytable.myfield FROM mytable WHERE mytable.myField != 0 INTO CURSOR tmp1
>? _TALLY
First, thank you for your message. You see, my entire SQL Select need to include the records where mytable.myfield is 0. But I only want to count those that are not 0. Therefore, I cannot use your syntax.
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