How to find sum of multiple columns in a table in SQL Server 2005?

Question

I have a table Emp which has these rows:

Emp_cd | Val1  | Val2  | Val3  | Total
-------+-------+-------+-------+-------
 1     | 1.23  | 2.23  |         


        

Answer 1

You must also be aware of null records:

SELECT  (ISNULL(Val1,0) + ISNULL(Val2,0) + ISNULL(Val3,0)) as 'Total'
FROM Emp

Usage of ISNULL:

ISNULL(col_Name, replace value)