Possible Result Overflow with SELECT Sum - Analytics Database - Teradata Vantage

SQL Functions, Expressions, and Predicates

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VantageCloud
VantageCore
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IntelliFlex
VMware
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Analytics Database
Teradata Vantage
Release Number
17.20
Published
June 2022
Language
English (United States)
Last Update
2024-01-12
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When using this function, the result can create an overflow when the data type and format are not in sync. For a column defined as:

Salary Decimal(15,2) Format ‘$ZZZ,ZZ9.99’

The following query:

SELECT SUM (Salary) FROM Employee;

causes an overflow because the decimal operand and the format are not in sync.

To avoid possible overflows, explicitly specify the format for decimal sum to specify a format large enough to accommodate the decimal sum resultant data type.

SELECT Sum(Salary) (format ‘$Z,ZZZ,ZZZ,ZZ9.99) FROM Employee;