Question

How can I select average of multiple columns?

Suppose I have some data like:

X   Y    Z
-------------
6   3    3
5   5    NULL
4   5    6
11  7    8

I want to get something like

AVG
-------------
4
5
5
8.66666667

I tried select avg(x, y, z) from table

But it doesn’t work.

Any ideas on a query to do that?

Answer 1

Try

 Select     (Coalesce(x,0) + Coalesce(y,0) + Coalesce(z,0)) /
       (Coalesce(x/x, 0) + Coalesce(y/y, 0) + Coalesce(z/z, 0))

or

 Select (Coalesce(x,0) + Coalesce(y,0) + Coalesce(z,0)) /
         (Case When x Is Null 0 Else 1 End +
          Case When y Is Null 0 Else 1 End +
          Case When z Is Null 0 Else 1 End)