Re: A query question

[DAsmussen@xxxxxxx]

Booth,

In a message dated 97-06-06 08:49:00 EDT, you write:

> We have two files.  
>  One is the Name master file.
>  The other is the Detail file.
>  A field in the Detail file has both debits (as a +) and credits (as a -),
>  Also the Detail record has a field that can be 00 (00 is always a debit),
>  or the field can be any number 01 thru 99 (and never a debit).
>  
>  I'm sure you can already see the question:  How do we write a query
>  showing the customer's name. his total debits, and also his total credits.

>  We know the difference is usually near 0.00, but we'd like to know the
>  business volume he's done.
>  
>  Can this be done with Query/400?  
>  We've got a $.25 bet riding on this...

I assume that you already have a query that does this, but cannot break out
the debits and credits.  Write a query that builds an outfile for the
positive values from the "detail file".  Write another that builds another
outfile for the negative values.  You might want to create a "user-defined"
value for each called "Debit" in query one and "Credit" in query two that is
equal to "Amount".

Write a CL that runs these queries, followed by your main one that you have
now modified to use the outfiles from the previous two instead of Detail.
 That should work, where's my nickle :-)?

One Solution,

Dean Asmussen
Enterprise Systems Consulting, Inc.
Fuquay-Varina, NC  USA
E-Mail:  DAsmussen@AOL.COM

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