RE: [PHP] Get the lowest value out of different fields

> Hi All, > > I hope you can help me with this: > > I have a tabel in my database like this > > TEST > > fieldname Value's > > testid 1 > testf1 3 > testf2 4 > testf3 0 > testf4 2 > testf5 0 > > (so this is one record!) > > I want to display the lowest value, except 0.. So the SQL > statement will be SELECT testf1, testf2, testf3, testf4, testf5 > FROM test where testid='1' . > > I can't figure out if i can do this into a SQL statement or put > it in an Array and sort it.. > > Please help! > If you really want to do this in an SQL statement and you're using mySQL you can nest IFs, but it's really ugly. For example... SELECT IF(IF(IF(IF(testf1< testf2 || testf2 = 0, testf1,testf2) < testf3 || testf3 = 0,IF(testf1< testf2, testf1,testf2), testf3) < testf4 || testf4 = 0, IF(IF(testf1< testf2 || testf2 = 0, testf1,testf2) < testf3 || testf3 = 0,IF(testf1< testf2, testf1,testf2), testf3), testf4) < testf5 || testf5 = 0,IF(IF(IF(testf1< testf2 || testf2 = 0, testf1,testf2) < testf3 || testf3 = 0,IF(testf1< testf2, testf1,testf2), testf3) < testf4 || testf4 = 0, IF(IF(testf1< testf2 || testf2 = 0, testf1,testf2) < testf3 || testf3 = 0,IF(testf1< testf2, testf1,testf2), testf3), testf4),testf5) from TEST where testid =1; I didn't test that, and I really wouldn't use it. Maybe there's a prettier way, check the function refrence for the DB you are using. I'd just pull the results into an array and use PHP to figure it out.