Math calculation in select
SQL> SQL> CREATE TABLE purchase ( 2 product_name VARCHAR2(25), 3 product_price NUMBER(4,2), 4 sales_tax NUMBER(4,2), 5 purchase_date DATE, 6 salesperson VARCHAR2(3)); Table created. SQL> SQL> INSERT INTO purchase VALUES ('Product Name 1', 1, .08, '5-NOV-00', 'AB'); 1 row created. SQL> INSERT INTO purchase VALUES ('Product Name 2', 2.5, .21, '29-JUN-01', 'CD'); 1 row created. SQL> INSERT INTO purchase VALUES ('Product Name 3', 50.75, 4.19, '10-DEC-02', 'EF'); 1 row created. SQL> INSERT INTO purchase VALUES ('Product Name 4', 99.99, 8.25, '31-AUG-03', 'GH'); 1 row created. SQL> SQL> SQL> SQL> SELECT product_name, sales_tax / product_price FROM purchase; PRODUCT_NAME SALES_TAX/PRODUCT_PRICE ------------------------- ----------------------- Product Name 1 .08 Product Name 2 .084 Product Name 3 .082561576 Product Name 4 .082508251 4 rows selected. SQL> SQL> SQL> DROP TABLE purchase; Table dropped. SQL> SQL>