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Adding two rows in a column

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Jocc
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Posted - 2011-08-03 : 12:15:47

Hi , I am a newbie in Sql programming.

I would like to add two rows in a cloumn to get a value

For instance;
Qid, Qno, Answer
371, 35, 44
222, 38, 45

i need to add both answers to give me a value for another column.

thanks in advance.

visakh16
Very Important crosS Applying yaK Herder

52326 Posts

Posted - 2011-08-03 : 12:53:14

what do you mean by add? do you mean 44 + 45=89 as the result for another column. then probably what you need is a computed column.

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Jocc
Starting Member

2 Posts

Posted - 2011-08-03 : 14:50:57

Yes I thats what i mean.how do i add the computed column.

visakh16
Very Important crosS Applying yaK Herder

52326 Posts

Posted - 2011-08-04 : 08:45:39

just add like example below


CREATE TABLE tablename
(
A int,
B int,
C AS A + B
)

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