calculate Row Wise Sum - Sql server

Question

This is My table :

ID              Q1         Q2           Q3            Q4
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20130712                 


        

Answer 1

You haven't shown your query attempt, but it's probably something like this:

SELECT
  ID, Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4,
  Q1 + Q2 + Q3 + Q4 AS "Total"
FROM MyTable

If any of the Q1, Q2, Q3, or Q4 values are null, Q1 + Q2 + Q3 + Q4 will be null. To treat the nulls as zero and get a proper sum, do this instead:

SELECT
  ID, Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4,
  COALESCE(Q1,0) + COALESCE(Q2,0) + COALESCE(Q3,0) + COALESCE(Q4,0) AS "Total"
FROM MyTable

The COALESCE function will return the first non-null value in the list.