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Calculating totals

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LOST - 30 Jul 2007 18:40 GMT
Are calculations only done in Queries (forms, reports) not in Tables?  I
helped someone get totals for their query, but now they want to see it in
their table.
Jerry Whittle - 30 Jul 2007 19:20 GMT
They want a spreadsheet and not a database then.

You can not do calculations in a table. Further you should not store
calculated data in a table. When you need to see calculations, you should do
if fresh each time in a query, form, or report.
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> Are calculations only done in Queries (forms, reports) not in Tables?  I
> helped someone get totals for their query, but now they want to see it in
> their table.
John W. Vinson - 30 Jul 2007 20:03 GMT
>Are calculations only done in Queries (forms, reports) not in Tables?  

Yes.

>I helped someone get totals for their query, but now they want to see it in
>their table.

Storing derived data such as this in your table accomplishes
three things: it wastes disk space; it wastes time (almost
any calculation will be MUCH faster than a disk fetch); and
most importantly, it risks data corruption. If one of the
underlying fields is subsequently edited, you will have data
in your table WHICH IS WRONG, and no automatic way to detect
that fact.

Just redo the calculation whenever you need it, either as a
calculated field in a Query or just as you're now doing it -
in the control source of a Form or a Report textbox.

Table datasheets are of VERY limited utility. Users should in general not even
*see* tables, much less use them for data interaction.

            John W. Vinson [MVP]
 
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