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[sirtemplar]

hi again. need help.

i have a database with 2 tables. they are related with a field called year. on table1 i have a field with number values. the least/minimum value is 1500. what i want to do is to create in table 2 a field that will contain the sum of data with 1500 on field 1. thank you. :)

[Inky Phil]

It is not quite clear exactly what you want but the following may help

1/ In Table 2 Establish a relationship between a global field and field 1 (remember to use a global field of the same type as field 1)

2/ Enter 1500 into the global field

3/ Create a calc field (result number) using one of the following

a/ Sum(newrelationship::anynumberfield) will give you the sum total of the data in any number field for the records that have 1500 in field1

4/ Count(newrelationship::anyfield) will give you the number of records that have an entry in any field where the record has 1500 in field 1

HTH

Phil

[sirtemplar]

thanks for the reply. anyway it did not work. maybe I was not so clear. the field in table 1 which contains 1500 is a result of a calculation.

when i put a relationship on field with 1500 in table 1 and the global number field in table 2 i lose the year relationship! so i created a new table relationship

i tried the calculation you wrote. the SUM gave me the total of the field with 1500 and the COUNT gave me the total number of entries in that field.

i will try to explain more:

in table1 i have a calculated number field with 1500 as the minimum result value. sometime it will happen that i get 4,5,6 etc. entries with 1500 on them. the others may be more. now what i want to count and put into a new field on table 2 are the sum of entries with 1500. For example if there are 5 with 1500 the field on table to must give me 7500 if 4, 6000 etc. i hope i am clearer now. thanks.

[comment]

It would be much easier if you used real names for the tables and fields - we are not computers here, you know. I can't even explain what I mean with names like that, so I'll restate your problem like this:

Table Data:

- Yearfield

- Numberfield

Table Viewer:

- Yearfield

Now, it seems you need a calculation field cMin in the Viewer table =

Min ( Data::Numberfield )

Next, set up a relationship between Viewer and a new occurence of Data:

Viewer::Yearfield = Data 2::Yearfield

AND

Viewer::cMin = Data 2::Numberfield

Finally, a calculation field in Viewer =

Sum ( Data 2::Numberfield )

will give you the sum of entries that are at minimum value for that year.