SELECT prod_id, quantity, item_price FROM orderitems WHERE order_num = 20005;
+---------+----------+------------+ | prod_id | quantity | item_price | +---------+----------+------------+ | ANV01 | 10 | 5.99 | | ANV02 | 3 | 9.99 | | TNT2 | 5 | 10.00 | | FB | 1 | 10.00 | +---------+----------+------------+
The item_price column contains the per unit price for each item in an order. To expand the item price (item price multiplied by quantity ordered), you simply do the following:
SELECT prod_id,
quantity,
item_price,
quantity*item_price AS expanded_price
FROM orderitems
WHERE order_num = 20005;
+---------+----------+------------+----------------+ | prod_id | quantity | item_price | expanded_price | +---------+----------+------------+----------------+ | ANV01 | 10 | 5.99 | 59.90 | | ANV02 | 3 | 9.99 | 29.97 | | TNT2 | 5 | 10.00 | 50.00 | | FB | 1 | 10.00 | 10.00 | +---------+----------+------------+----------------+
The expanded_price column shown in the previous output is a calculated field; the calculation is simply quantity*item_price. The client application can now use this new calculated column just as it would any other column.
MySQL supports the basic mathematical operators listed in following table. In addition, parentheses can be used to establish order of precedence.
MySQL Mathematical Operators
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Operator |
Description |
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Addition |
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Subtraction |
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Multiplication |
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Division |
How to Test Calculations? SELECT provides a great way to test and experiment with functions and calculations. Although SELECT is usually used to retrieve data from a table, the FROM clause may be omitted to simply access and work with expressions. For example, SELECT 3 * 2; would return 6, SELECT Trim(' abc '); would return abc, and SELECT Now() uses the Now() function to return the current date and time. You get the ideause SELECT to experiment as needed.
In this tutorial, you learned what calculated fields are and how to create them. We used examples demonstrating the use of calculated fields for both string concatenation and mathematical operations. In addition, you learned how to create and use aliases so your application can refer to calculated fields.
