Logic help with SQL Pass-through query

bmurch71

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Hi All,
I have a SQL pass-through query in my database (called qry_SMSProductsOnly) that pulls information from a retail products table - it's only bringing in UPC and department number from SQL. I have a secondary query that joins this SQL pass-through with a table containing invoice information (Unfi_coding), on the UPC field. I am trying to total the invoice by department number (from the SQL query), but am having difficulty. If I use the following code:

SELECT Unfi_coding.InvNum, Sum(Unfi_coding.ExtendedPrice) AS SumOfExtendedPrice, qry_SMSProductsOnly.F04 INTO tbl_InvoiceTotals
FROM Unfi_coding INNER JOIN qry_SMSProductsOnly ON Unfi_coding.UPC = qry_SMSProductsOnly.F01
GROUP BY Unfi_coding.InvNum, qry_SMSProductsOnly.F04;

where F04 is the department number field, InvNum is the invoice number, I get totals that are significantly higher than they should be. If I remove the department number field, I get totals that accurately reflect the total invoice amount. I have checked for duplicate values in my sql table (on UPC and Dept Number) and have found none - I thought perhaps that if an item appeared twice in SQL, it would throw off the totals. Anyone have any thoughts/ideas as to what might be going on here?

I'm stumped!
Thanks,
Brian
 

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If you look at this query as a plain select query, without the summary functions here, I think you will see you have multiple records where there should only be one record, therefore, when you get the sum of invoice amount, it will be too high. I would suggest two queries, one to give you the total amount by invoice, then do the join of invoice totals with department number.
HTH
 
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hi Vic,
Thanks for the input. What I can't figure out is WHY there are duplicate rows - there shouldn't be, as each upc field should have only one corresponding department field (i.e. you can't sell an item in more than one department). I agree, however, that this is what it seems to be doing; my problem is that I can't first total the invoice, then split it up by department. If I just total by invoice number, I lose the UPC fields, which is how I'm able to sum by departments. UPC is the field common to both tables. Maybe I've misunderstood something in your suggestion - please let me know if that's the case.

Thanks again for the help!
brian
 
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More info - the problem can be traced to the SQl pass-through query. If instead of using the query, I actually link to the SQL table, I can get my invoice totals by department no problem. Here's the code for the pass-through query:

SELECT POS_TAB.F01, POS_TAB.F04
FROM POS_TAB;

It's a simple select statement, but my SQL knowledge is quite minimal. Anyone know how to word it so that duplicates are not generated (i.e. is there a GROUP BY command one can use in SQL)?

Thanks,
Brian
 
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OK, figured it out! I just used the GROUP BY command in the SQL statement and that took care of my problem!

SELECT POS_TAB.F01, POS_TAB.F04
FROM POS_TAB WHERE POS_TAB.F04 IS NOT NULL GROUP BY POS_TAB.F01, POS_TAB.F04

(Also added a statement to get rid of null values)

Brian
 
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Good job Brian. Sorry I could not get back to you sooner, but I had a couple of appointments this morning.
 
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Hi Brian,

This is another option --

Code:
SELECT DISTINCT POS_TAB.F01, POS_TAB.F04
FROM POS_TAB WHERE POS_TAB.F04 IS NOT NULL
Denis
 
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