No Alan - the following code (adapted from Eric) demonstrates exactly what I am doing:
#DEFINE _fields 35 #DEFINE _rows 100 =RAND(-1) CREATE CURSOR crsTest (id i) cCalcCmd = [CALCULATE ] cInsertFields = [] cInsertValues = [] cVariables = [] FOR x = 1 TO _fields cField = "Field"+TRANSFORM(x) ALTER table crsTest ADD COLUMN (cField) I cCalcCmd = cCalcCmd + "SUM("+cField+")," cInsertFields = cInsertFields + ","+cField cInsertValues = cInsertValues + ","+TRANS(INT(RAND()*100)) cVariables = cVariables + "lc"+cField+"," NEXT cInsertCmd = [INSERT INTO crsTest (ID ] + cInsertFields +[) VALUES (0]+cInsertValues+')' FOR X = 1 TO _rows &cInsertCmd NEXT cCalcCmd = Left(cCalcCmd,Len(cCalcCmd)-1) + " To " + Left(cVariables,Len(cVariables)-1) &&+ "AVG(Field1)" ? cCalcCmd &cCalcCmd Return Paul -----Original Message----- From: ProfoxTech <profoxtech-boun...@leafe.com> On Behalf Of Alan Bourke Sent: 22 November 2019 12:55 To: profoxt...@leafe.com Subject: Re: Fatal error issuing CALCULATE command Sent by an external sender ------------------------------ Paul Do you mean you are doing this? calculate sum(field1 + field2 + ... + field32) to lnTotal -- Alan Bourke alanpbourke (at) fastmail (dot) fm [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: https://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: https://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: https://leafe.com/archives This message: https://leafe.com/archives/byMID/by5pr02mb6852482c0956b722d1047639a1...@by5pr02mb6852.namprd02.prod.outlook.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.