When selecting a DATE and that date does not exist in my table it currently will return an empty result set. How can I be able to return the number zero for those empty result sets instead?:
SELECT SUM(TOTAL), SUM(5STAR), STORE, DATE
FROM `table` WHERE DATE >= '2012-02-24' GROUP BY TOTAL
MySQL returned an empty result set (i.e. zero rows)
I want to instead return the results of the SUM(TOTAL) and SUM(5STAR) (if zero rows) as the number zero (0).
FULL TABLE STRUCTURE:
ID = Primary
DATE = UNIQUE (date)
STORE
5STAR
4STAR
3STAR
2STAR
1STAR
TOTAL
FROM = UNIQUE
解决方案
I think it would be easier to handle the empty result set on the PHP side (count the returned rows). If you want to handle it in the database, you should create a stored procedure.
DELIMITER $$
CREATE PROCEDURE `mc`.`new_routine` (IN DT DATETIME)
BEGIN
IF EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM `table` WHERE DATE >= @DT)
THEN
SELECT SUM(TOTAL) AS SumTotal, SUM(5STAR) AS Sum5Star, STORE, `DATE`
FROM `table`
WHERE DATE >= @DT
GROUP BY TOTAL;
ELSE
SELECT 0 AS SumTotal, 0 AS Sum5Star, NULL AS STORE, NULL AS `DATE`;
END IF;
END