Re: sum

"Michael Sterling" <stermic_at_gw.co.jackson.mo.us> wrote in message <news:f7359f44.0312040758.e6dd3be_at_posting.google.com>...

> i'm trying to run a crystal report with a sum of a certain column of
> dollar amounts. the problem is that there are certain instances where
> some of the records are duplicated and unfortunately the duplicated
> dollar amount is added into the total at the end. i'd like to know how
> to prevent this from happening.

Now that you have seen what "denormalizing for performance" really gets you, get a new DBA and normalize your database.

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