>hi,
>the type is character.

>>>SELECT nam1, SUM( innoumber),sum(t1),sum(t1) AS bill_total,t1,t2 FROM Mstr WHERE ;
>>> BETWEEN( datein, ldStart, ldEnd ) ;
>>> GROUP BY nam1 ;
>>> ORDER BY nam1 INTO CURSOR qTmp
>>>
>>>thanks
>>
>>What is the type of field NAM1? I think you can't group by memo fields.

I don't know; since SQL - SELECT statements are fairly complex, you might start from the statement and eliminate elements, until it works; or start from a simpler statement and continue adding elements, until you get an error.

I find the following items strange about your command, although I don't know whether they cause the error:

Why do you sum field T1 twice?

Why does field T1 appear both summed and not summed?

It is safer to give a name (AS) to all summed fields. However, this should only affect the name of the result, and not result in an error message.

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