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Asked: 2026-05-11T07:05:33+00:00

I am trying to perform a simple calculation to some data returned from SQL

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I am trying to perform a simple calculation to some data returned from SQL Server:

SELECT  val1X, val1Y, val2X, val2Y FROM myTable

I want to be able to calculate the following against the returned values and return just a single value – the result of the calculation below (this was originally written in VB6):

 If IsNull(val1X) Or IsEmpty(val1X) Then val1X = 0     If IsNull(val1Y) Or IsEmpty(val1Y) Then val1Y = 0     If IsNull(val2X) Or IsEmpty(val2X) Then val2X = 0     If IsNull(val2Y) Or IsEmpty(val2Y) Then val2Y = 0      res1 = (val1X ^ 2) + (val1Y ^ 2)     res2 = (val2X ^ 2) + (val2Y ^ 2)      ResultVal = Sqr(IIf(res1 > res2, res1, res2))

Just wondering what the best way to do this would be?

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  1. You can do it all in one statement in SQL, but it looks kinda ugly because you have to repeat chunks:

    SELECT    CASE WHEN      /* res1 */ Power(IsNull(val1X, 0), 2) + Power(IsNull(val1Y, 0), 2)      > /* res2 */ Power(IsNull(val2X, 0), 2) + Power(IsNull(val2Y, 0), 2)   THEN     /* res1 */ Power(IsNull(val1X, 0), 2) + Power(IsNull(val1Y, 0), 2)   ELSE     /* res2 */ Power(IsNull(val2X, 0), 2) + Power(IsNull(val2Y, 0), 2)   END FROM   myTable

    It’d be a little cleaner to use a user-defined function to wrap up that Power(IsNull(field, 0), 2) so you don’t repeat yourself as much, but I’ll leave that as an exercise for you to do. 🙂

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