Ah, that's right, using having clause is much more simple, thanks a lot for that tip.
Sugi > Have you considered just > > select id_cst,id_gd,sum(qty) qtySum from Tbl1 > group by id_cst,id_gd > having qtySum > 0 > > There's a slight benefit to the view or stored procedure because it doesn't > have to be recompiled and optimized so often, but it's a pretty simple > statement and you'd have to use it a lot to amortize the time you spent > creating the view or procedure. As for whether the view or the procedure > would be faster - in theory they should be about the same, but only you can > demonstrate the difference between theory and practice. This should be > easy to test and testing it on your actual data will give the most reliable > results. > > Good luck, > > Ann > >