Re: SQL question

[DAsmussen@xxxxxxx]

Matthias,

In a message dated 11/3/99 7:21:22 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
oertlim@s054.aone.net.au writes:

> This is probably off topic but I have to ask anyway:
>  Using sql is it possible to display a few records AND total them up at
>  the bottom in one hit, e.g.:
>  
>  ITEM1    $10
>  ITEM2   $50
>  TOTAL   $60
>  
>  If yes, how?

Check out the SUM(X) commands in conjunction with the "GROUP BY" directive.  
Total, I don't know about...

HTH,

Dean Asmussen
Enterprise Systems Consulting, Inc.
Fuquay-Varina, NC  USA
E-mail:  DAsmussen@aol.cm

"Quitting smoking is the easiest thing in the world to do.  I've done it 
thousands of times." -- Mark Twain
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