CREATE TABLE employees
(
id UInt32,
name String,
monthly_salary UInt16 -- selected so that the sum of values produces an overflow
)
ENGINE = Memory;
INSERT INTO employees VALUES
(1, 'John', 20000),
(2, 'Jane', 18000),
(3, 'Bob', 12000),
(4, 'Alice', 10000),
(5, 'Charlie', 8000);
-- Query for the total amount of the employee salaries using the sum and sumWithOverflow functions and show their types using the toTypeName function
-- For the sum function the resulting type is UInt64, big enough to contain the sum, whilst for sumWithOverflow the resulting type remains as UInt16.
SELECT
sum(monthly_salary) AS no_overflow,
sumWithOverflow(monthly_salary) AS overflow,
toTypeName(no_overflow),
toTypeName(overflow)
FROM employees;