Comments on: Separate SUM results on a single line http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/separate-sum-results-on-a-single-line/ Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:45:09 +0000 hourly 1 By: peterwarren http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/separate-sum-results-on-a-single-line/#comment-96823 peterwarren Tue, 20 Sep 2011 13:14:23 +0000 #comment-96823 Guys, not sure how to ‘approve’ the answer but I haven’t access to the DECODE but Phil’s CASE suggestion worked 9with one minor correction – I needed to name the subquery).
Many thanks for your help,
Pete.

]]> By: carlosdl http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/separate-sum-results-on-a-single-line/#comment-96761 carlosdl Mon, 19 Sep 2011 14:08:13 +0000 #comment-96761 You could use the SIGN and DECODE functions, if they are available on your version/platform.

Something like this:

SELECT 
	branch, 
	SUM(DECODE(SIGN(amount),-1,amount,0)) SUM_NEG,
	SUM(DECODE(SIGN(amount),-1,0,amount)) SUM_POS, 
	COUNT(*)
FROM TableA
...

If these functions are not available, you could use a CASE expression.

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