I was just going to say it doesn't look like the result of a group by. Maybe your values are double (but displayed with 2 decimals). What does this would show ?

select id_desc,round(sum_ap_total,2) as sum_ap_tot ;
 from sql_ap_pre ;
 where ap_status = .pcStatus ;
 group by id_desc, sum_ap_tot ;
 order by id_desc, sum_ap_tot 

Cetin



>Unfortunately, as I had tried that before, which is why I limited the fields for the group by statement. It was not combining the information together. The code presented from you (and I have used it) created this information:
>

>AP-MISC                        500.00
>AP-OFFICESUPPLIES              500.00
>AP-OFFICESUPPLIES              500.00
>AP-OFFICESUPPLIES             2000.00
>AP-COMPUTERS                  5000.00
>AP-COMPUTERS                  3000.00
>AP-COMPUTERS                  7000.00
>AP-COMPUTERS                  1500.00
>AP-OFFICESUPPLIES               50.00
>AP-MISC                       1000.00
>

>
>where as I am trying to accomplish:
>

>AP-COMPUTERS                  11500.00
>AP-OFFICESUPPLIES              3050.00
>AP-MISC                        1500.00
>

>
>for some reason it does not want to group the codes together, it just wanted to keep them seperated.
>
>
>
>>>>>Hello,
>>>>>
>>>>>I have tried every suggestion that has been given to me regarding the whole "Group By" subject. However, I still do not seem to be accomplishing what VFP 6/7 was able to accomplish in VFP 8. I am beginning to wonder if it does work with this new SQL statement type. Everytime I attempt this "Group By" in any sense of my code, it still gives me the information seperately inside the grid. I attempted to re-write the code over and over again, but every version comes out the same or worse. I attempted the MAX() code into the fields, but destroyed my output data into figures that did not match up or correct figures that were placed multiple times.
>>>>>
>>>>>

>>>>>select id_desc,sum_ap_total ;
>>>>>from sql_ap_pre ;
>>>>>where ap_status = .pcStatus ;
>>>>>group by id_desc, sum_ap_total ;
>>>>>into cursor sql_ap readwrite
>>>>>

>>>>>
>>>>>The id_desc and totals are shown as:
>>>>>

>>>>>AP-MISC                        500.00
>>>>>AP-OFFICESUPPLIES              500.00
>>>>>AP-OFFICESUPPLIES              500.00
>>>>>AP-OFFICESUPPLIES             2000.00
>>>>>AP-COMPUTERS                  5000.00
>>>>>AP-COMPUTERS                  3000.00
>>>>>AP-COMPUTERS                  7000.00
>>>>>AP-COMPUTERS                  1500.00
>>>>>AP-OFFICESUPPLIES               50.00
>>>>>AP-MISC                       1000.00
>>>>>

>>>>>
>>>>>where as I am trying to accomplish:
>>>>>

>>>>>AP-COMPUTERS                  11500.00
>>>>>AP-OFFICESUPPLIES              3050.00
>>>>>AP-MISC                        1500.00
>>>>>

>>>>>
>>>>>I even narrowed this code down thinking that it was because I have more fields originally, but even when I now have only two fields, it does not come out right. Does anyone please have a solution for this in VFP 8 aside from using the 7 Engine to calculate correctly??
>>>>>
>>>>>Thank you so much!!
>>>>
>>>>This works in 6/7 ? What's the logic behind grouping with an SQL like this ? I haven't seen your previous problem so there might be a logic in fact which I'm missing. Probably you meant to :
>>>>
>>>>select distinct id_desc,sum_ap_total ;
>>>>from sql_ap_pre ;
>>>>where ap_status = .pcStatus ;
>>>>into cursor sql_ap readwrite
>>>>
>>>>I don't see the point to use group by instead. Or you mean this ?
>>>>
>>>>select id_desc,sum(sum_ap_total) as sum_ap_total ;
>>>>from sql_ap_pre ;
>>>>where ap_status = .pcStatus ;
>>>>group by id_desc ;
>>>>order by id_desc ;
>>>>into cursor sql_ap readwrite
>>>>
>>>>Cetin
>>>
>>>Yes, this process work in VFP 6/7, but the Select-SQL statement was straightforward when the code worked with it. This was the original code that worked:
>>>
>>>

>>>select a.id_no, a.name, b.account, b.name, sum(a.inv_total), ;
>>a.ap_status,a.ap_code,c.id_no,c.id_desc ;
>>>from vendors_inv a, vendor_accounts b,vendor_codes c;
>>>where inv_status=lcoverduestatus and ;
>>a.id_no=gnclientid and ;
>>!empty(ap_code) and ;
>>a.name=b.account and ;
>>a.ap_code==c.id_no;
>>>group by a.inv_code ;
>>>into cursor sql_ap readwrite
>>>

>>>
>>>This worked great! The system calculated the inv_total for each code and summed them together. Then in the end it grouped it by the code into one line item. Thus producing the results wished above.
>>
>>It should have worked great by chance. So this should work the same way in any version :
>>
>>>

>>select a.id_no, a.name, b.account, b.name, sum(a.inv_total), ;
>>       a.ap_status,a.ap_code,c.id_no,c.id_desc ;
>>  from vendors_inv a, vendor_accounts b,vendor_codes c;
>>  where inv_status=lcoverduestatus and ;
>>        a.id_no=gnclientid and ;
>>        !empty(ap_code) and ;
>>        a.name=b.account and ;
>>        a.ap_code==c.id_no;
>>  group by a.inv_code,a.id_no, a.name, b.account, b.name,;
>>        a.ap_status,a.ap_code,c.id_no,c.id_desc ;
>>into cursor sql_ap readwrite
>>

Cetin