Should be double quotes I think Select SUM("1990")
Some DBs use brackets too I think sum([1990]) Not sure how it would work undr the hood with query of query, can't you pull this from the db directly? On Wed, 2010-06-09 at 11:27 -0400, fun and learning wrote: > HI All - > > I have a query which returns the result set like below. The column names are > like 1990, 1991, 1992 and there are certain amount for each year > > 1990 1991 1992 > 1000 5000 6000 > 2000 2000 3000 > > I have a query of query which finds the sum of the amounts for year 1990, and > I use the query like Select SUM(1990), it returns the sum of 1990+1990. How > to make sure that 1990 is recognized as a column instead as a number. > > Thanks > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:334409 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm