{ “title”: “SUM0”, “language”: “en” }

Description

Used to return the sum of all values of the selected field. Unlike the SUM function, when all input values are NULL, SUM0 returns 0 instead of NULL.

Syntax

SUM0(<expr>)

Parameters

ParameterDescription
<expr>The field to calculate the sum of, supports type Double, Float, Decimal, LargeInt, BigInt, Integer, SmallInt, TinyInt.

Return Value

Returns the sum of all values of the selected field. If all values are NULL, returns 0.

Examples

-- Create example table
CREATE TABLE sales_table (
    product_id INT,
    price DECIMAL(10,2),
    quantity INT,
    discount DECIMAL(10,2)
) DISTRIBUTED BY HASH(product_id)
PROPERTIES (
    "replication_num" = "1"
);

-- Insert test data
INSERT INTO sales_table VALUES
(1, 99.99, 2, NULL),
(2, 159.99, 1, NULL),
(3, 49.99, 5, NULL),
(4, 299.99, 1, NULL),
(5, 79.99, 3, NULL);

-- Compare SUM and SUM0
SELECT 
    SUM(discount) as sum_discount,    -- Returns NULL
    SUM0(discount) as sum0_discount   -- Returns 0
FROM sales_table;

+--------------+---------------+
| sum_discount | sum0_discount |
+--------------+---------------+
|         NULL |          0.00 |
+--------------+---------------+