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Divide by zero error encountered.

I have a query that used to work just fine and now when i run it i get the message: Divide by zero error encountered. I have checked my data and there are no zero values in the fields used as the denominator. i don't understand how i can all of a sudden start getting this message. Does anyone have any clue what could be wrong? I have added a code segment of the procedure where the error is occuring.

Select
		PktCtrlNbr,
		Lane,
		LaneId,
		LaneInt,
		Wave,
		Case
			When PickArea = 'UN1' Then Ceiling(Sum(PickQty))
			Else
				0
		End	As Un1Qy,
		Case
			When PickArea = 'UN2' Then Ceiling(Sum(PickQty))
			Else
				0
		End	As Un2Qy,
		Case
			When PickArea = 'NCP' Then Ceiling(Sum(PickQty / PackQty))
			Else
				0
		End	As CpnQy,
		Case
			When PickArea = 'OCP' Then Ceiling(Sum(PickQty / PackQty))
			Else
				0
		End	As CpoQy,
		Case
			When PickArea = 'NCP' Or PickArea = 'OCP' Then Ceiling(Sum(PickQty / PackQty))
			Else
				0
		End	As CPQy,
		Case
			When PickArea = 'EOS' Or PickArea = 'COS' Or PickArea = 'NRS' Or
				 PickArea = 'ORS' Then Ceiling(Sum(PickQty / PackQty))
			Else
				0
		End	As RsvQy,
		Case
			When PickArea = 'EOS' Or PickArea = 'COS' Or PickArea = 'NRS' Or
				 PickArea = 'ORS' Then Ceiling(Sum(PackVol * (PickQty / PackQty)))
			Else
				0
		End	As RsvVl,
		Case
			When PickArea = 'UN1' Or PickArea = 'UN2' Then Ceiling(Sum(UnitWt * PickQty))
			When PickArea = 'NCP' Or PickArea = 'OCP' Or PickArea = 'EOS' Or
				  PickArea = 'COS' Or PickArea = 'NRS' Or PickArea = 'ORS' Then Ceiling(Sum(PackWt * (PickQty / PackQty)))
		End	As Weight,
		Case
			When PickArea = 'UN1' Or PickArea = 'UN2' Then Ceiling(Sum(UnitVol * PickQty))
			When PickArea = 'NCP' Or PickArea = 'OCP' Or PickArea = 'EOS' Or
				  PickArea = 'COS' Or PickArea = 'NRS' Or PickArea = 'ORS' Then Ceiling(Sum(PackVol * (PickQty / PackQty)))
		End	As Volume,
		Shipto,
		Customer,
		Address1,
		Address2,
		Address3,
		City,
		State,
		ZipCode,
		Country,
		CustPO,
		Routing
 
FROM
		OrderVolume
 
Group By
		
		Wave,
		PktCtrlNbr,
		PickArea,
		Lane,
		LaneId,
		LaneInt,
		Wave,
		Shipto,
		Customer,
		Address1,
		Address2,
		Address3,
		City,
		State,
		ZipCode,
		Country,
		CustPO,
		Routing

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Aneesh

Change each of the case statement having a '/' like
Case
When PickArea = 'NCP' Then Ceiling(Sum(PickQty / PackQty))
Else
0
End As CpnQy

to

Case
When PickArea = 'NCP' Then CASE WHEN PackQty =0 THEN NULL ELSE Ceiling(Sum(PickQty / PackQty)) END
Else
0
End As CpnQy

xbrady

I'm not sure why that might be happening in your specific case but it would probably be best if you replaced all instances of
(PickQty / PackQty)
with
CASE WHEN PackQty == 0 THEN 0.0 ELSE (PickQty / PackQty) END

Do you still get the divide by zero error if you do that?

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Jeff Geiselman

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Thanks that works great except I had to add PackQty to the Group By clause as it was not in an aggregate clause. Thanks for showing me how to use the IN clause that will save many keystrokes with large case statements.

Kevin Cross

Or move the entire CASE statement inside the SUM.

Therefore...

CEILING(SUM(Case When PickArea = 'OCP' And IsNull(PackQty, 0) <> 0 Then PickQty / PackQty Else 0 End)) As CpoQy

OR...

Case When PickArea = 'OCP' Then Ceiling(Sum(Case When IsNull(PackQty, 0) <> 0 Then PickQty / PackQty)) Else 0 End As CpoQy

But glad that helped.

Happy coding!

Kev