Dennis This is worth a donation to Sami - didn't you read Razzak's email about variables? NO dot is needed.
NOT: rvSumWhatever = SUM OF .vWhatever but instead: rvSumWhatever = SUM OF vWhatever David Blocker ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dennis McGrath" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2001 7:44 PM Subject: RE: Summing Variables > I never use the create aggregate function interface. > Instead, I create my sum variable as follows > > rvSumWhatever = SUM OF .vWhatever > > Never a problem. It would be a major step backwards for R:Base reports if > SUM OF on variables ceased to work entirely. There are nifty tricks you can > play with variables that just don't cut it any other way. > > -- Dennis McGrath > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- Productivity Tools for R:Base Programmers > http://www.enteract.com/~mcgrath/dennis > > -- Full time consultant with: > SQL Resources Group > Steve Hartmann > Oak Park, IL > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > Behalf Of Richard S. Croy > Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2001 3:58 PM > To: R:Base List > Subject: Summing Variables > > > Am I missing something somewhere in R:Base 6.5++ > > I have a report with three columns, for each of which I want > to accumulate subtotals at the end of each page, and grand > totals at the end of the report. > > The columns, all currency, are Subscription Fee, Payment > Received, and Variance (this being the difference between > the previous two). > > Every time that I try to define a variable to sum up these > variable columns, R:Base tells me "No way." > > When I try the "Create Aggregate Functions", the dialog > only allows me to work with columns, not variables. > > I had a similar report in R:Base 6.5/6.5+ which let me do > just what I want to do here, but I'll be darned if I can > figure out how -- if it is possible at all -- to do it in 6.5++ > > Dick Croy > > -- > Richard S. Croy > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >
