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SQL variable counter for when case criteria met

Hi,
Need help with be able to have variable counter for each row and count the criteria and have total criteria met in column.

Example.

DECLARE @Pcounter INT
SET @Pcounter =0

SELECT A,B,C,D,E

CASE WHEN A>.30 THEN @Pcounter = @Pcounter +1
WHEN B>.4 THEN @Pcounter = @Pcounter +1
ELSE @Pcounter = 0
END
FROM Table 1

Error is = , I"m not sure how to fix this for rewrite to correct.
It needs to count on each line of the table and criteria total for each line.
thanks

tim_cs

Not 100% clear on what you're after. Mayb provide some sample data and expected result. But maybe this is what you're trying to do?

SELECT
@Pcounter = SUM(CASE WHEN A > .3 OR B > .4 THEN 1 ELSE 0 )
FROM
Table1

Lee Wadwell

do you mean?

SELECT A,B,C,D,E
      @Pcounter = SUM(CASE WHEN A>.30 THEN 1
                           WHEN B>.4  THEN 1
                           ELSE 0
                      END)
FROM Table 1
GROUP BY A,B,C,D,E

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SSschultz

ASKER

Here's some sample data.

A B C D E F (expected count column >.5)
car .40 .50 .60 .70 2
boat .5 .2 .8 .1 1

So column F is calculating columns B-E and counting anything greater than .5
and expect result for car would be 2 (D=.6 and E .7) and for boat 1 (D=.8)

THis is for several thousand rows table.
thanks

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SSschultz

ASKER

lwadwell,
I've tried your solution and get error "A SELECT statement that assigns a value to a variable must not be combined with data-retrieval operations.

SSschultz

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tim_cs

WOrks Great.. thanks very much for your help!

SSschultz

ASKER

tim_cs,

Thanks for your fast and accurate solution.
Excellent solution.

Lee Wadwell

It didn't suit what your later comment clarified anyway.

using ROUND() ... but subtracting 0.001 to ensure 0.5 rounds down ... needs to be small enough to ensure a number just over .5 doesn't get rounded down (so make it smaller that your precision)
SELECT A,B,C,D,E,
round(A-0.001,0)+round(B-0.001,0)+round(C-0.001,0)+round(D-0.001,0)+round(E-0.001,0) F
FROM Table 1