>>I cannot figure out why my query is not grouping the way I expect (VFP8):
>>
>>

>>SELECT 0000000000+SUM(NVL(WeekShips.Shipped,0)) AS nShipped, ;
>>	0000000000+SUM(NVL(WeekSales.Sales,0)) AS WeekSales, ;
>>	0000000000+SUM(NVL(YTDSales.Sales,0)) AS YTDSales, ;
>>	ItemSetup.Retail, 0000000000+NVL(iciwhs.nOnHand,0) AS nOnHand ;
>>	FROM ItemSetup ;
>>	INNER JOIN ItemSales ON ItemSetup.cItemNo = ItemSales.cItemNo ;
>>		AND ItemSales.Category = "TRANSFER" ;
>>	LEFT JOIN WeekShips ON WeekShips.cItemNo = ItemSetup.cItemNo ;
>>	LEFT JOIN WeekSales ON WeekSales.UnitRetail = ItemSetup.Retail ;
>>	LEFT JOIN IciWhs ON iciWhs.cItemNo = ItemSetup.cItemNo ;
>>	LEFT JOIN YTDSales ON YTDSales.UnitRetail = ItemSetup.Retail ;
>>	ORDER BY ItemSetup.Retail, nOnHand ;
>>	GROUP BY ItemSetup.Retail, nOnHand ;
>>	HAVING YTDSales > 0 ;
>>	INTO CURSOR SpreadsheetResults
>>

>>
>>My resulting cursor has many records for each "retail" value! Any idea why?
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>I presume you have multiple nOnHand values for each "retail" value, since you are also grouping on nOnHand.

No - Proper SQL syntax now requires that all non-aggregate fields appear in the 'group by' clause to define sort order for grouping (as of VFP8).

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>I think that your ORDER BY clause is superfluous. If I remember right, it will order on the stuff in the GROUP BY clause.

I think you are right about the ORDER BY clause being redundant... I added it while grasping at straws.