Re: How to make sum of columns in 1 row be starting point for next row

sfdsf wrote:

> We have sales data for products on a year basis for a 5 year forecast. For
> year 1 we add the base price + shipping + tax to get the total price. that
> total price then becomes the base price for the next year. so for product
> A1 we have the following
>
> name base_cost shipping tax total year
>
> A1 10 0 3 15 1
> A1 15 2 1 18 2
> A1 18 1 6 26 3
> etc
>
> So to report the forecast we just select the above rows displaying them for
> each year (in fact the table was premade for just that purpose (reason was
> first intital base cost was very complex and time comsuming to calculate.)
>
> Problem is that they want to see a forecast minus the impact of shipping
> costs. What will it be if the shipping cost is zero for all years? Of course
> that is not how the data is in the table. I can't just do a select like in
> the first one. All the data is in the table, problem is how to select it
> right.
>
> The total for Row 1 needs to be the base cost for row 2 and so on..
>
> Any ideas on how this can be done without doing it in stored procedure ( user
> function or analytic function would be great)? this is going to be used in a
> report program that can not call stored procedures. I am at wits end!

18+1+6 = 26?

Your suspicion is correct. This requires an anonymous block or stored procedure.

Daniel Morgan Received on Sat Jan 11 2003 - 16:17:02 CST