FM.SQL.Sum

Calculates sum value in a record set.

Parameters

Parameter	Description	Example	Flags
SQLref	The reference number returned by FM.SQL.Execute function.	$SQLRef
Column	The index of the column. Default is 0.	0
firstRow	The index of first row. Default is 0.	0	Optional
lastRow	The index of last row. Default is FM.SQL.RowCount-1.	5	Optional

Result

Returns number or error.

Description

Examples

Query once and make several calculations:

# let FileMaker query data once
Set Variable [ $Records ; Value: MBS( "FM.SQL.Execute"; Get(FileName); "SELECT Price FROM Produkte") ]
# Now get sum, min, max and avg
Set Variable [ $sum ; Value: MBS( "FM.SQL.Sum"; $records; 0) ]
Set Variable [ $min ; Value: MBS( "FM.SQL.Min"; $records; 0) ]
Set Variable [ $max ; Value: MBS( "FM.SQL.Max"; $records; 0) ]
Set Variable [ $avg ; Value: MBS( "FM.SQL.Avg"; $records; 0) ]
Set Variable [ $text ; Value: MBS( "FM.SQL.Text"; $records; "" /* firstRow */; "" /* lastRow */; "" /* firstCol */; "" /* lastCol */; ", " /* rowSep */) ]
Set Variable [ $r ; Value: MBS( "FM.SQL.Release"; $records ) ]
Show Custom Dialog [ "Sum: " & $sum & ¶ & "Min: " & $min & ¶ & "Max: " & $max & ¶ & "Avg: " & $avg & ¶ & "text: " & $text ]

See also

• FM.SQL.Avg
• FM.SQL.Execute
• FM.SQL.Max
• FM.SQL.Min
• FM.SQL.Release
• FM.SQL.RowCount
• FM.SQL.Text
• SQL.Execute

Release notes

• Version 9.1
  • Added FM.SQL.Max, FM.SQL.Min, FM.SQL.Avg and FM.SQL.Sum functions.

Blog Entries

• Neues MBS FileMaker Plugin 9.1
• MBS FileMaker Plugin 9.1 - More than 5700 Functions In One Plugin
• MBS FileMaker Plugin, version 9.1pr1
• FileMaker SQL with Sum, Min, Max and Avg on results

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Created 30th January 2019, last changed 26th February 2021

FM.SQL.RowCount - FM.SQL.Text