Comments on: SQL SERVER – Solution – Generating Zero Without using Any Numbers in T-SQL

By: Aman

Aman — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 13:12:02 +0000

select len(”)

By: Reddeppa Gundluri

Reddeppa Gundluri — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 11:19:17 +0000

select 1-1

By: sagnik

sagnik — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 05:09:23 +0000

SELECT DATEDIFF(dd,GETDATE(),GETDATE())

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By: madhivanan

madhivanan — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 11:10:24 +0000

select count(*) where 1=0

By: Naqui Ahmed

Naqui Ahmed — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 09:54:48 +0000

need clarification if it’s possible….

Can we get the output other than 1 for the below query without using any table….?

select count(”) / select count(*)

By: deepaktyagi

deepaktyagi — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 17:17:12 +0000

Another way
Select $
Return 0.00

By: Clinto

Clinto — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 08:58:40 +0000

select count(”) – count(”)

By: Naqui Ahmed

Naqui Ahmed — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 07:52:31 +0000

Interesting question….

another way…
select datediff(dd,getdate(),getdate())

By: Gaurang Patel

Gaurang Patel — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 04:47:34 +0000

There is other way as well

SELECT CAST(” AS INT)
and
SELECT CAST(” AS BIT)

By: ramireddy

ramireddy — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 04:02:00 +0000

Though there are many ways to generate 0, I really like madhivanan’s approach as it tells us that, SQL Server will identify datatype as money, even if it has only currency symbol without any digits

By: ramireddt

ramireddt — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 03:57:46 +0000

Another way.. :)
select CHECKSUM(‘x’) – CHECKSUM(‘x’)

By: Ayyappan Thangaraj

Ayyappan Thangaraj — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 01:56:45 +0000

Interesting question! :)

By: Gordon Beeming

Gordon Beeming — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 01:53:47 +0000

I found out yesterday that if you type “select count(*) ” it returns 1 =D