Re: Using SQL to get a one total row from multiple rows

The Group By would give you a resulting row for each group of records.
If you have only one group of records your Where selection takes care of
getting only one group and therefore only one resulting row.

Bob Kohlndorfer
Unbeaten Path International
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dan Bale" <dbale@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Midrange Systems Technical Discussion" <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, August 09, 2004 9:24 AM
Subject: RE: Using SQL to get a one total row from multiple rows


I guess I was expecting to use something along the lines of GROUP BY.  I
seem to recall using that before to do summary-type results.

But I probably mismember.

Thanks for the confirmation.

db

> -----Original Message-----
> From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx / CWilt@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Monday, August 09, 2004 10:16 AM
>
> Dan,
>
> Nope, not as far as I know.
>
> I'm curious as to what you don't like about it.
>
> Charles
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Dan Bale [mailto:dbale@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> > Sent: Friday, August 06, 2004 6:18 PM
> > To: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: Using SQL to get a one total row from multiple rows
> >
> >
> > This is what I've got right now:
> >
> > Select   Count(*), sum(InvAm), sum(SpCg2), sum(SpCg1),
> >                    sum(TxTot), sum(CnsAm), sum(DAInT)
> >  FROM      MTHACTX
> >  WHERE     COMNO = 01 and TDate between 1040701 and 1040731
> >
> > I am getting the expected & desired results: a one-row total
> > line.  Somehow,
> > this doesn't strike me as the preferred way to do this.  I
> > scanned through
> > the SQL Reference & Programming Concepts, and nothing is clicking.
> >
> > Is there a better / more preferred way to do this?
> >
> > tia,
> > db

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