"divison by zero" error message

[Jeff]

When I try to run reports or the associated query I get a
pop-up screen telling me "divison by zero" and it won't
produce the report. Help!

 

[Les]

Go back to your query in design mode. Wherever you have a
division calculation, you should build something like the
following:

displayfld:IIF(denominatorfld = 0, 0,
numeratorfld/denominatorfld)

Division by zero is illegal. By checking denominator
ahead of time, you can just set field to 0.

 

[Jeff]

Thanks Les

Do I build it into the calculation?

-----Original Message-----
Go back to your query in design mode. Wherever you have a
division calculation, you should build something like the
following:

displayfld:IIF(denominatorfld = 0, 0,
numeratorfld/denominatorfld)

Division by zero is illegal. By checking denominator
ahead of time, you can just set field to 0.

.

 

[Les]

Yes,
In the example I listed,
the "numeratorfld/denominatorfld" represents your
calculation.
The IIF statement ends up saying, if your denominator
is 0, set the value to 0, otherwise, set the value to the
results of your calculation. Hope this helps.