Re: sum of a column (development question)

SELECT trunc(sysdate, 'YYYY'), SUM(ord_tot) FROM ar_inv_hdr
GROUP BY trunc(sysdate, 'YYYY');

I think that'll do it. Add in a WHERE clause after the FROM to limit which time periods you want.

On 9/11/07, Lyall Barbour <lyallbarbour_at_sanfranmail.com> wrote:
> Hi again,
> Development question. User wants the sum of all the purchase orders for this year and last year. I'm trying to get it in the same select statement. I want something like this, but don't know how to get it.
>
> select sum(ord_tot) "TY Invoiced Totals",
> sum(ord_tot) "LY Invoiced Totals"
> from ar_inv_hdr
> where inv_dt between trunc(sysdate, 'YYYY') and sysdate
> and inv_dt between trunc(sysdate, 'YYYY')-1 and trunc(sysdate, 'YYYY')-365
>
> This, obviously, doesn't do what i want, but it's where i've gotten to so far. Do i need to select from the same table twice?
>
> Thanks,
> Lyall
>
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