G'day Kyle, At 15:23 23/09/02 -0500, you wrote: >Could one of you rbase gurus help me??
Since the gurus haven't answered yet... >Can a field in a table be set to an expression based on the following: >Sum of a field plus sum of another field from another table Not with a table, but if the tables have a common column you could do it with views. >For example: > >Totest.Worder = sum(labest.craft) + sum(matest.craft) Just break it down like this: CREATE VIEW + (CommonColumnName,col1,col2,col3,SumCol) + AS SELECT + t1.CommonColumnName,t1.Col1,t1.Col2,t1.Col3,(SUM(Craft)) + FROM latest CREATE VIEW + (CommonColumnName,col5,col6,col7,SumCol2) + AS SELECT + t1.CommonColumnName,t1.Col1,t1.Col2,t1.Col3,(SUM(Craft)) + FROM matest CREATE VIEW + (col1,col2,col3,SumCol,col5,col6,col7,SumCol2,SumSums) + AS SELECT + t1.Col1,t1.Col2,t1.Col3,t1.SumCol, + t2.Col1,t2.Col2,t2.Col3,t2.SumCol2, + (t1.SumCol + t2.SumCol2) + FROM latest t1 + LEFT OUTER JOIN matest + ON CommonColumnName Warmest regards, Tom Grimshaw coy: Just For You Software tel: 612 9552 3311 fax: 612 9566 2164 mobile: 0414 675 903 post: PO Box 470 Glebe NSW 2037 Australia street: 3/66 Wentworth Park Rd Glebe NSW 2037 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] web: www.just4usoftware.com.au "... the control of impulse -- is the first principle of civilization."-- Will Durant, Pulitzer Prize winning philosopher, writer and historian the most needed product in the world can be found at www.thewaytohappiness.org This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential to the intended recipient and may be privileged. If you have received this email inadvertently or you are not the intended recipient, you may not disseminate, distribute, copy or in any way rely on it. Further, you should notify the sender immediately and delete the email from your computer. Whilst we have taken precautions to alert us to the presence of computer viruses, we cannot guarantee that this email and any files transmitted with it are free from such viruses. ================================================ TO SEE MESSAGE POSTING GUIDELINES: Send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the message body, put just two words: INTRO rbase-l ================================================ TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the message body, put just two words: UNSUBSCRIBE rbase-l ================================================ TO SEARCH ARCHIVES: http://www.mail-archive.com/rbase-l%40sonetmail.com/
