>Hi all
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>The users that I have to cater to do not have specialized servers, but rather have medium power computers acting as servers. In such a situation is it advisable to get the data from the back-end and then SUM()? Or is it still advisable to let the server machine do the SUM()ming?
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>Please advise.
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>Thanks.
If this is a SQL Server or other server based database, let the server do the SUM.
If you have the client do the SUM, the server still has to send all the data required for summation to the client. More work for the server and network.
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