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Asked: June 12, 20262026-06-12T07:53:01+00:00 2026-06-12T07:53:01+00:00

I have a MySQL DB with a column that sometimes has a value of

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I have a MySQL DB with a column that sometimes has a value of “-1”, how can I change that to “0” during the SELECT without doing a foreach loop on the result. Basically I want the ‘display’ value to be 0 if the DB value is -1. If the DB value is anything else then it should be displayed without modification.

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    2026-06-12T07:53:02+00:00Added an answer on June 12, 2026 at 7:53 am

    A friend on App.net chimed in with:

    SELECT IF(mycol=-1, 0, mycol)
    

    Which seems to work a treat. 🙂

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