Re: Division by zero

From: Date: Tue, 08 Oct 2002 01:35:32 +0000
Subject: Re: Division by zero
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Make sure that vote1, vote2, and vote3 are not null. Maybe you need to use the IFNULL(vote1, 0) function. Cheers, Owen. Gary wrote: > I am trying t get the percent of votes form the table poll, but keep > getting Division by zero for the line commented below. > > <snip> > if ($res) { > echo "bla bla bla"; > $sql = "SELECT question, responce1, responce2, responce3, > vote1, vote2, vote3, date FROM poll WHERE id = {$_POST['id']}"; > $res = $db->query($sql); > if (DB::isError($res)) { > die ($res->getMessage()); > } > while ($row = $res->fetchRow()); > $id = $row[0]; > $question = $row[1]; > $responce1 = $row[2]; > $responce2 = $row[3]; > $responce3 = $row[4]; > $vote1 = $row[5]; > $vote2 = $row[6]; > $vote3 = $row[7]; > $date = $row[8]; > > /* Count the votes*/ > $total = $vote1 + $vote2 + $vote3; > > /* Caluclate */ > $perc_vote1 = round(($vote1/$total)*100,2); /* Division by zero*/ > $perc_vote2 = round(($vote2/$total)*100,2); /* Division by zero*/ > $perc_vote3 = round(($vote3/$total)*100,2); /* Division by zero*/ > > > <snip> > > TIA > Gary

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