Re: a tricky join

2006-06-21 Thread Pooly
Hi, 2006/6/21, Helen M Hudson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Yes, I can see how this would work for just the one order and hardcoding the 100... but I cannot assume only to sum distinct values and my table has other order_refs in it with the same multiple rows of over multiple days, so I need a more gene

Re: a tricky join

2006-06-21 Thread Helen M Hudson
Yes, I can see how this would work for just the one order and hardcoding the 100... but I cannot assume only to sum distinct values and my table has other order_refs in it with the same multiple rows of over multiple days, so I need a more generic select that will list this nice summary for all

Re: a tricky join

2006-06-21 Thread Barry
Helen M Hudson schrieb: Hi all I'm gradually learning how much simpler it is to do things with joins. I can tell that I haven't seen the light yet... but I'm expecting fireworks pretty soon when it all falls into place brain-wise and I can wallow in the joy of smaller more efficient sql! I'

Re: a tricky join

2006-06-21 Thread Vittorio ZuccalĂ 
Helen M Hudson ha scritto: > So, if my table structure was: > id | date | order_ref | amount > 1 | 1/1/01 | 100 | 1000 << these 2 are the rows > 2 | 1/1/01 | 100 | 200 << i want to exclude > 3 | 2/1/01 | 100 | 1000 > 4 | 2/1/01 | 100 | 200 > 5 | 2/1/01 | 100 |