>>I am using SPT to get remote data from two tables.
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>>One table(Task Table) has a field called schuledhours. The second table(Assignments Table) is a child of table one with a field called assignedhours. I need a sql that lists the scheduledhours, sum of assignedhours.
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>SELECT TaskTable.*, NVL(Tbl1.SumHours, CAST(0 as int)) AS WholeHours;
>FROM  TaskTable;
>LEFT JOIN (SELECT Id, SUM(assignedhours) AS SumHours;
>                              FROM Assignments;
>                              GROUP BY Id) Tbl1;
>ON TaskTable.Id = Tbl1.Id
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>Where Id is the Primary key of TaskTable and FK of Assignments.

Good catch with LEFT JOIN!