Re: brain F*rt question

From: Ron Rogers <RROGERS_at_galottery.org>
Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2001 12:53:28 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.003E0A09.20011219123857@fatcity.com>

Stephane ,
Thanks for the reply.
I tried using a join function and I got the sum(data) I wanted but it listed the date twice, Once for each table select. In your reply you mentioned a percentage calculation problem.??? I think the sums are wrong because they get summed for each occurance of an enter in the table.
What do you mean by an in-line view? I tried creating views to gather the data needed but have problems selecting a particular retnbr , saledate range, and grouping by saledate across two tables.
Thanks,
Ron

Ron,
Looks to me like the classical percentage computation problem. Sums are wrong because applied to the result of the join. Compute your sums in an in-line view in the FROM clause.
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