当MySQLSUM()函数获得一个没有值的列作为参数时,它将返回NULL而不是0作为输出。该列可以是任何数据类型。在此示例之后,使用名为“ social”的表仅包含一个名为“ id”的列而没有值的情况将对其进行说明。
示例mysql> Describe Social;
+-------+-------------+------+-----+---------+-------+
| Field | Type | Null | Key | Default | Extra |
+-------+-------------+------+-----+---------+-------+
| Id | int(11) | YES | | NULL | |
| Name | varchar(20) | YES | | NULL | |
+-------+-------------+------+-----+---------+-------+
2 rows in set (0.00 sec)
mysql> Select * from Social;
Empty set (0.00 sec)
mysql> Select SUM(id) from Social;
+---------+
| SUM(id) |
+---------+
| NULL |
+---------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)
mysql> Select SUM(Name) from Social;
+-----------+
| SUM(Name) |
+-----------+
| NULL |
+-----------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)