Justin Darnell <> wrote:
> I'm trying to write one select statement to pull all of the data I
> need for a particular report. The first part of the statement pulls
> various things from a transactions table. It works fine. As soon as
> I add the code to access the inventory table as well, though, I end
> up with numbers that are way too large.
>
> I know I'm probably missing something obvious, but here are the
> select statements below if anyone has any insight. The first is just
> transactions table, and seemingly works. The second is the trouble
> maker.
>
> The goal is to sum all the listed transaction table fields for the
> given date, but the get the current total of inventory value,
> regardless of any date constraints on inventory.
>
> SELECT SUM(total) as Total, SUM(tax) as Tax, SUM(subtotal) as
> Subtotal, SUM(cost) as COGS, (SUM(total) -
> SUM(ext_cost))/SUM(total)*100 as GP FROM trx where trx.date =
> CTOD('09/30/06')
>
> SELECT SUM(total) as Total, SUM(tax) as Tax, SUM(subtotal) as
> Subtotal, SUM(cost) as COGS, (SUM(total) -
> SUM(ext_cost))/SUM(total)*100 as GP,
> SUM(inventory.onhand*inventory.avg_cost) FROM trx, inventory where
> trx.date = CTOD('09/30/06')
You are combining tables in the second one, trx and inventory. I'd do the
two separate tables and then combine them for your report instead.
Stephen Russell
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