Not sure my other email got through, so here it is again, with an updated
description.

Hi,

 I have a database with 3 names in it. In each of these names is 5
categories  that have numbers in them. I want to be able to do a select and
total these numbers for each name, and then sort them in descending order. I
have tried for over 6 hours tonight and no matter what I do, there is one
minor glitch. I am not supplying any code as I would like to know from you
people what the best way to go about this would be - as what I have done is
obviously not working.

 TIA

 i.e

This is what is in the database.

Table 1

ID1 NAME

1  Bill
2  John
3  Fred

Table 2

ID2  Col1 Col2 Col3 Col4

1   1    4    5    6
2   3    2    8    6
3   4    9    2    2

Database 3 is a reference file that ties them together - so I would have to
use a join in the select statement.

ID1  ID2
1        1
2        2
3        3

This is what I want to be able to show:

John   21
Fred   20
Bill     16





























sql, query, queries, smallint



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