calculate Row Wise Sum - Sql server

Question

This is My table :

ID              Q1         Q2           Q3            Q4
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20130712                 


        

Answer 1

Expanding on Roman Pekar, If you're using a temp table and want to do this, you need to use tempdb like this:

select
@stmt = isnull(@stmt + ', ', '') + '[' + name + ']',
@stmt1 = isnull(@stmt1 + ', ', '') + '(' + '[' + name + ']'+  ')'
from tempdb.sys.columns
where object_id = object_id('tempdb..##TempTable') and name not in ('ID')
--ID would be one of the column names you DONT want to sum.
--also notice the double pound sign. you need to declare your temp table with double pounds or it wont work
--also notice how I put brackets around name, that's because my columns weren't working because they had slashes in their names.
--the rest of the code is the same
select @stmt =
          'select Date_Packed, ' + @stmt + '' + 
          ', (select sum(S.Q) from (values ' + @stmt1 +
          ') as S(Q) where S.Q is not null) as [Total] ' +
          'from tempdb..##TempTableas T'
          print @stmt

exec sp_executesql @stmt = @stmt
--don't forget to drop it
          drop table ##TempTable

Answer 2

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.

Answer 3

Don't know if it there's a shorter way, but the most elegant I can do is:

select
    ID, Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4,
    (
         select sum(S.Q)
         from (values (Q1), (Q2), (Q3), (Q4)) as S(Q)
         where S.Q is not null
    ) as [Total]
from Table1 as T

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If you want dynamic SQL, try something like

declare @stmt nvarchar(max), @stmt1 nvarchar(max)

select
    @stmt = isnull(@stmt + ', ', '') + name,
    @stmt1 = isnull(@stmt1 + ', ', '') + '(' + name + ')'
from sys.columns
where object_id = object_id('Table1') and name not in ('ID')

select @stmt =
          'select ID, ' + @stmt + 
          ', (select sum(S.Q) from (values ' + @stmt1 +
          ') as S(Q) where S.Q is not null) as [Total] ' +
          'from Table1 as T'

exec sp_executesql @stmt = @stmt

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