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  #11  
Old December 20th, 2006, 05:47 PM posted to microsoft.public.access.queries
John Spencer
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Posts: 7,815
Default IIf statement

The following untested SQL might work for you. IT may or may not work, I
didn't have a way to test it.

SELECT LAB_ID
, IIF(Exists(
SELECT *
FROM YourTable as T2
WHERE Qual Is Null and T2.Lab_ID = T1.Lab_ID)
, Sum(Result)
, Max(Result)) as CalcResult
FROM TheTable as T1
GROUP BY T1.LAB_ID



That checks to see if any value in the Qual field for a lab_id is Null. If
at least one value is null, then it SUMS all the values. If none of the
values are null then it gets the Max. IF I have misunderstood your
requirement, then I apologize for wasting your time.


"Barry" wrote in message
news
Duane, that returned one value of "2800" from one group of [Lab_id] in
which
[Qual] was a null value. This is a start but the idea was to have it sum
both values of the [Lab_id] group "711723" which would have been "2800" +
"1900"="4700". You know, as I pondered over my given situation some more,
I
have come to believe that this will be impossible in Access due to the
simple
fact that when we usually perform this operation in Excel we must make an
intelligent decision as to a priority of summing the [Result] values if
there
is any null value in [Qual] within the [Lab_id] group, rather than taking
the
max of the [Result] if all [Qual] values in a [Lab_id] group are not null.
You see, I do not see if it will even be possible to set a priority such
as
this in Access (to first search [Qual] for a null value and sum rather
than
max the [Result]).

This is an example of the test data:

NAME DATE LAB_ID ANALYTE RESULT QUAL
RW-6 2/24/2006 711721 o-Xylene 0.4 ND
RW-5 2/24/2006 711722 o-Xylene 0.4 ND
RW-1 2/24/2006 711723 m+p-Xylene 2800
RW-1 2/24/2006 711723 o-Xylene 1900
Duplicate 2/24/2006 711724 m+p-Xylene 2500
Duplicate 2/24/2006 711724 o-Xylene 1700
--
Barry Guidry


"Duane Hookom" wrote:

You might want to use this as a starting point:
SELECT Lab_ID, IIf(IsNull(Max([Qual])),Sum([Result]),Max([Result])) AS
Expr1
FROM Xylenes
GROUP BY Xylenes.Lab_ID;

--
Duane Hookom
Microsoft Access MVP


"Barry" wrote:

I am trying a SQL statement such as "SELECT Max(IIf([Qual] Is Not
Null,[Result],0), Sum(IIf([Qual] Is Null,[Result],0)) AS Expr1
FROM xylenes;" to try to combine the two actions (sum or max) but it is
returning an error that I have a syntax error, missing operator. I
have
never queried in SQL View, so any advice as to how I can correct the
above
type of action would be appreciated.
--
Barry Guidry


"Duane Hookom" wrote:

If I understand correctly, Allen Browne's suggestion should work.
It's
difficult to determine since you included a data record 4... ...2222
that
seems to be ignored and the "4" is the same as the result you are
expecting
from the Result column.
--
Duane Hookom
Microsoft Access MVP


"Barry" wrote:

Yes, Duane you are right...the null field is based on each record,
but I
would like the statement to sum the values [Result] if there are
any rows of
null values in the other field [Qual].

Example:

'Result' 'Qual' 'Lab_id'
1 1111
2 J 1111
3 1111
4 2222
----------------------------
4 1111 ('Result' being equal to four
because the
'Result' "1" and "3" both have 'Qual' as "null" and the same
'Lab_id' as
"1111"). The [Lab_id] is the field I want the query to sort the
data, and
calculation, by. Is there any way to do this without specifying
specific
values in the statement, but rather all values that are the same?

--
Barry Guidry


"Duane Hookom" wrote:

I think you need to provide some context and sample data as well
as desired
results. Sum and Max work against a group of records while
"another field is
null" seems to work against just a single record.

--
Duane Hookom
Microsoft Access MVP


"Barry" wrote:

I would like to make a query on a table on one field to 'sum'
or 'max' the
field based on 'if' another field is null or not. Any idea on
how I would
go about this? Please be generous as I am not an Access expert
:-)
--
Barry



  #12  
Old December 20th, 2006, 06:09 PM posted to microsoft.public.access.queries
BARRY
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Posts: 383
Default IIf statement

Mr. John Spencer, thank you very much! That did exactly everything I needed.
You are a genius! Now all I need to do is to somehow create a Make-table
query possibly to combine the results with the original data in my table.
--
Barry Guidry


"John Spencer" wrote:

The following untested SQL might work for you. IT may or may not work, I
didn't have a way to test it.

SELECT LAB_ID
, IIF(Exists(
SELECT *
FROM YourTable as T2
WHERE Qual Is Null and T2.Lab_ID = T1.Lab_ID)
, Sum(Result)
, Max(Result)) as CalcResult
FROM TheTable as T1
GROUP BY T1.LAB_ID



That checks to see if any value in the Qual field for a lab_id is Null. If
at least one value is null, then it SUMS all the values. If none of the
values are null then it gets the Max. IF I have misunderstood your
requirement, then I apologize for wasting your time.


"Barry" wrote in message
news
Duane, that returned one value of "2800" from one group of [Lab_id] in
which
[Qual] was a null value. This is a start but the idea was to have it sum
both values of the [Lab_id] group "711723" which would have been "2800" +
"1900"="4700". You know, as I pondered over my given situation some more,
I
have come to believe that this will be impossible in Access due to the
simple
fact that when we usually perform this operation in Excel we must make an
intelligent decision as to a priority of summing the [Result] values if
there
is any null value in [Qual] within the [Lab_id] group, rather than taking
the
max of the [Result] if all [Qual] values in a [Lab_id] group are not null.
You see, I do not see if it will even be possible to set a priority such
as
this in Access (to first search [Qual] for a null value and sum rather
than
max the [Result]).

This is an example of the test data:

NAME DATE LAB_ID ANALYTE RESULT QUAL
RW-6 2/24/2006 711721 o-Xylene 0.4 ND
RW-5 2/24/2006 711722 o-Xylene 0.4 ND
RW-1 2/24/2006 711723 m+p-Xylene 2800
RW-1 2/24/2006 711723 o-Xylene 1900
Duplicate 2/24/2006 711724 m+p-Xylene 2500
Duplicate 2/24/2006 711724 o-Xylene 1700
--
Barry Guidry


"Duane Hookom" wrote:

You might want to use this as a starting point:
SELECT Lab_ID, IIf(IsNull(Max([Qual])),Sum([Result]),Max([Result])) AS
Expr1
FROM Xylenes
GROUP BY Xylenes.Lab_ID;

--
Duane Hookom
Microsoft Access MVP


"Barry" wrote:

I am trying a SQL statement such as "SELECT Max(IIf([Qual] Is Not
Null,[Result],0), Sum(IIf([Qual] Is Null,[Result],0)) AS Expr1
FROM xylenes;" to try to combine the two actions (sum or max) but it is
returning an error that I have a syntax error, missing operator. I
have
never queried in SQL View, so any advice as to how I can correct the
above
type of action would be appreciated.
--
Barry Guidry


"Duane Hookom" wrote:

If I understand correctly, Allen Browne's suggestion should work.
It's
difficult to determine since you included a data record 4... ...2222
that
seems to be ignored and the "4" is the same as the result you are
expecting
from the Result column.
--
Duane Hookom
Microsoft Access MVP


"Barry" wrote:

Yes, Duane you are right...the null field is based on each record,
but I
would like the statement to sum the values [Result] if there are
any rows of
null values in the other field [Qual].

Example:

'Result' 'Qual' 'Lab_id'
1 1111
2 J 1111
3 1111
4 2222
----------------------------
4 1111 ('Result' being equal to four
because the
'Result' "1" and "3" both have 'Qual' as "null" and the same
'Lab_id' as
"1111"). The [Lab_id] is the field I want the query to sort the
data, and
calculation, by. Is there any way to do this without specifying
specific
values in the statement, but rather all values that are the same?

--
Barry Guidry


"Duane Hookom" wrote:

I think you need to provide some context and sample data as well
as desired
results. Sum and Max work against a group of records while
"another field is
null" seems to work against just a single record.

--
Duane Hookom
Microsoft Access MVP


"Barry" wrote:

I would like to make a query on a table on one field to 'sum'
or 'max' the
field based on 'if' another field is null or not. Any idea on
how I would
go about this? Please be generous as I am not an Access expert
:-)
--
Barry




  #13  
Old December 20th, 2006, 07:43 PM posted to microsoft.public.access.queries
BARRY
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 383
Default IIf statement

Sorry, it seemed to work great at first, but when I added a row of data it
did not take the max of the two values based on a null [Qual]. I copied the
first row of data, changed the [Result] value to 2, and deleted the "ND" from
the [Qual] to make it null, saved the table and reran the query which
resulted a [Result] of 2.4 (a sum of both rows of data) rather than using a
maximum or single value (ideally the one with the null [Qual].

Is there a way to have the query also search for null [Qual] values first to
use for the [Result], and if none found then use the [Result] values with a
"not null" [Qual]? If that can be done, then I think I can be done :-)
--
Barry Guidry


"John Spencer" wrote:

The following untested SQL might work for you. IT may or may not work, I
didn't have a way to test it.

SELECT LAB_ID
, IIF(Exists(
SELECT *
FROM YourTable as T2
WHERE Qual Is Null and T2.Lab_ID = T1.Lab_ID)
, Sum(Result)
, Max(Result)) as CalcResult
FROM TheTable as T1
GROUP BY T1.LAB_ID



That checks to see if any value in the Qual field for a lab_id is Null. If
at least one value is null, then it SUMS all the values. If none of the
values are null then it gets the Max. IF I have misunderstood your
requirement, then I apologize for wasting your time.


"Barry" wrote in message
news
Duane, that returned one value of "2800" from one group of [Lab_id] in
which
[Qual] was a null value. This is a start but the idea was to have it sum
both values of the [Lab_id] group "711723" which would have been "2800" +
"1900"="4700". You know, as I pondered over my given situation some more,
I
have come to believe that this will be impossible in Access due to the
simple
fact that when we usually perform this operation in Excel we must make an
intelligent decision as to a priority of summing the [Result] values if
there
is any null value in [Qual] within the [Lab_id] group, rather than taking
the
max of the [Result] if all [Qual] values in a [Lab_id] group are not null.
You see, I do not see if it will even be possible to set a priority such
as
this in Access (to first search [Qual] for a null value and sum rather
than
max the [Result]).

This is an example of the test data:

NAME DATE LAB_ID ANALYTE RESULT QUAL
RW-6 2/24/2006 711721 o-Xylene 0.4 ND
RW-5 2/24/2006 711722 o-Xylene 0.4 ND
RW-1 2/24/2006 711723 m+p-Xylene 2800
RW-1 2/24/2006 711723 o-Xylene 1900
Duplicate 2/24/2006 711724 m+p-Xylene 2500
Duplicate 2/24/2006 711724 o-Xylene 1700
--
Barry Guidry


"Duane Hookom" wrote:

You might want to use this as a starting point:
SELECT Lab_ID, IIf(IsNull(Max([Qual])),Sum([Result]),Max([Result])) AS
Expr1
FROM Xylenes
GROUP BY Xylenes.Lab_ID;

--
Duane Hookom
Microsoft Access MVP


"Barry" wrote:

I am trying a SQL statement such as "SELECT Max(IIf([Qual] Is Not
Null,[Result],0), Sum(IIf([Qual] Is Null,[Result],0)) AS Expr1
FROM xylenes;" to try to combine the two actions (sum or max) but it is
returning an error that I have a syntax error, missing operator. I
have
never queried in SQL View, so any advice as to how I can correct the
above
type of action would be appreciated.
--
Barry Guidry


"Duane Hookom" wrote:

If I understand correctly, Allen Browne's suggestion should work.
It's
difficult to determine since you included a data record 4... ...2222
that
seems to be ignored and the "4" is the same as the result you are
expecting
from the Result column.
--
Duane Hookom
Microsoft Access MVP


"Barry" wrote:

Yes, Duane you are right...the null field is based on each record,
but I
would like the statement to sum the values [Result] if there are
any rows of
null values in the other field [Qual].

Example:

'Result' 'Qual' 'Lab_id'
1 1111
2 J 1111
3 1111
4 2222
----------------------------
4 1111 ('Result' being equal to four
because the
'Result' "1" and "3" both have 'Qual' as "null" and the same
'Lab_id' as
"1111"). The [Lab_id] is the field I want the query to sort the
data, and
calculation, by. Is there any way to do this without specifying
specific
values in the statement, but rather all values that are the same?

--
Barry Guidry


"Duane Hookom" wrote:

I think you need to provide some context and sample data as well
as desired
results. Sum and Max work against a group of records while
"another field is
null" seems to work against just a single record.

--
Duane Hookom
Microsoft Access MVP


"Barry" wrote:

I would like to make a query on a table on one field to 'sum'
or 'max' the
field based on 'if' another field is null or not. Any idea on
how I would
go about this? Please be generous as I am not an Access expert
:-)
--
Barry




  #14  
Old December 20th, 2006, 07:50 PM posted to microsoft.public.access.queries
BARRY
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 383
Default IIf statement

John, do you think there is a way to add something in the body of your
expression, "...WHERE Qual Is Null and T2.Lab_ID = T1.Lab_ID)
, Sum(Result)
, Max(Result)) as CalcResult..."
so that it will Sum(Result) only IF Qual is Null and/or Max(Result) only IF
Qual is not null?

--
Barry Guidry


"John Spencer" wrote:

The following untested SQL might work for you. IT may or may not work, I
didn't have a way to test it.

SELECT LAB_ID
, IIF(Exists(
SELECT *
FROM YourTable as T2
WHERE Qual Is Null and T2.Lab_ID = T1.Lab_ID)
, Sum(Result)
, Max(Result)) as CalcResult
FROM TheTable as T1
GROUP BY T1.LAB_ID



That checks to see if any value in the Qual field for a lab_id is Null. If
at least one value is null, then it SUMS all the values. If none of the
values are null then it gets the Max. IF I have misunderstood your
requirement, then I apologize for wasting your time.


"Barry" wrote in message
news
Duane, that returned one value of "2800" from one group of [Lab_id] in
which
[Qual] was a null value. This is a start but the idea was to have it sum
both values of the [Lab_id] group "711723" which would have been "2800" +
"1900"="4700". You know, as I pondered over my given situation some more,
I
have come to believe that this will be impossible in Access due to the
simple
fact that when we usually perform this operation in Excel we must make an
intelligent decision as to a priority of summing the [Result] values if
there
is any null value in [Qual] within the [Lab_id] group, rather than taking
the
max of the [Result] if all [Qual] values in a [Lab_id] group are not null.
You see, I do not see if it will even be possible to set a priority such
as
this in Access (to first search [Qual] for a null value and sum rather
than
max the [Result]).

This is an example of the test data:

NAME DATE LAB_ID ANALYTE RESULT QUAL
RW-6 2/24/2006 711721 o-Xylene 0.4 ND
RW-5 2/24/2006 711722 o-Xylene 0.4 ND
RW-1 2/24/2006 711723 m+p-Xylene 2800
RW-1 2/24/2006 711723 o-Xylene 1900
Duplicate 2/24/2006 711724 m+p-Xylene 2500
Duplicate 2/24/2006 711724 o-Xylene 1700
--
Barry Guidry


"Duane Hookom" wrote:

You might want to use this as a starting point:
SELECT Lab_ID, IIf(IsNull(Max([Qual])),Sum([Result]),Max([Result])) AS
Expr1
FROM Xylenes
GROUP BY Xylenes.Lab_ID;

--
Duane Hookom
Microsoft Access MVP


"Barry" wrote:

I am trying a SQL statement such as "SELECT Max(IIf([Qual] Is Not
Null,[Result],0), Sum(IIf([Qual] Is Null,[Result],0)) AS Expr1
FROM xylenes;" to try to combine the two actions (sum or max) but it is
returning an error that I have a syntax error, missing operator. I
have
never queried in SQL View, so any advice as to how I can correct the
above
type of action would be appreciated.
--
Barry Guidry


"Duane Hookom" wrote:

If I understand correctly, Allen Browne's suggestion should work.
It's
difficult to determine since you included a data record 4... ...2222
that
seems to be ignored and the "4" is the same as the result you are
expecting
from the Result column.
--
Duane Hookom
Microsoft Access MVP


"Barry" wrote:

Yes, Duane you are right...the null field is based on each record,
but I
would like the statement to sum the values [Result] if there are
any rows of
null values in the other field [Qual].

Example:

'Result' 'Qual' 'Lab_id'
1 1111
2 J 1111
3 1111
4 2222
----------------------------
4 1111 ('Result' being equal to four
because the
'Result' "1" and "3" both have 'Qual' as "null" and the same
'Lab_id' as
"1111"). The [Lab_id] is the field I want the query to sort the
data, and
calculation, by. Is there any way to do this without specifying
specific
values in the statement, but rather all values that are the same?

--
Barry Guidry


"Duane Hookom" wrote:

I think you need to provide some context and sample data as well
as desired
results. Sum and Max work against a group of records while
"another field is
null" seems to work against just a single record.

--
Duane Hookom
Microsoft Access MVP


"Barry" wrote:

I would like to make a query on a table on one field to 'sum'
or 'max' the
field based on 'if' another field is null or not. Any idea on
how I would
go about this? Please be generous as I am not an Access expert
:-)
--
Barry




  #15  
Old December 20th, 2006, 09:10 PM posted to microsoft.public.access.queries
John Spencer
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 7,815
Default IIf statement

I am confused about what you want to do. What are the rules that you want
to use?

Are your rules?
If any Lab_ID group has qual that is not null then get the max of the Result
where the qual is not null.

If any lab_Id group has all quals null then get the sum of the Results

Or are they something else?

This will get the Max result of only those records where Qual has a value.
Max(IIF(Qual is Null, Null,Result))

This will get the SUM of Result where Qual has no value
SUM(IIF(Qual is Null,Null, Result))

But before I propose anything else, I would want to know the exact rules
that should be used to do the calculation.

"Barry" wrote in message
...
John, do you think there is a way to add something in the body of your
expression, "...WHERE Qual Is Null and T2.Lab_ID = T1.Lab_ID)
, Sum(Result)
, Max(Result)) as CalcResult..."
so that it will Sum(Result) only IF Qual is Null and/or Max(Result) only
IF
Qual is not null?

--
Barry Guidry


"John Spencer" wrote:

The following untested SQL might work for you. IT may or may not work, I
didn't have a way to test it.

SELECT LAB_ID
, IIF(Exists(
SELECT *
FROM YourTable as T2
WHERE Qual Is Null and T2.Lab_ID = T1.Lab_ID)
, Sum(Result)
, Max(Result)) as CalcResult
FROM TheTable as T1
GROUP BY T1.LAB_ID



That checks to see if any value in the Qual field for a lab_id is Null.
If
at least one value is null, then it SUMS all the values. If none of the
values are null then it gets the Max. IF I have misunderstood your
requirement, then I apologize for wasting your time.


"Barry" wrote in message
news
Duane, that returned one value of "2800" from one group of [Lab_id] in
which
[Qual] was a null value. This is a start but the idea was to have it
sum
both values of the [Lab_id] group "711723" which would have been "2800"
+
"1900"="4700". You know, as I pondered over my given situation some
more,
I
have come to believe that this will be impossible in Access due to the
simple
fact that when we usually perform this operation in Excel we must make
an
intelligent decision as to a priority of summing the [Result] values if
there
is any null value in [Qual] within the [Lab_id] group, rather than
taking
the
max of the [Result] if all [Qual] values in a [Lab_id] group are not
null.
You see, I do not see if it will even be possible to set a priority
such
as
this in Access (to first search [Qual] for a null value and sum rather
than
max the [Result]).

This is an example of the test data:

NAME DATE LAB_ID ANALYTE RESULT QUAL
RW-6 2/24/2006 711721 o-Xylene 0.4 ND
RW-5 2/24/2006 711722 o-Xylene 0.4 ND
RW-1 2/24/2006 711723 m+p-Xylene 2800
RW-1 2/24/2006 711723 o-Xylene 1900
Duplicate 2/24/2006 711724 m+p-Xylene 2500
Duplicate 2/24/2006 711724 o-Xylene 1700
--
Barry Guidry


"Duane Hookom" wrote:

You might want to use this as a starting point:
SELECT Lab_ID, IIf(IsNull(Max([Qual])),Sum([Result]),Max([Result])) AS
Expr1
FROM Xylenes
GROUP BY Xylenes.Lab_ID;

--
Duane Hookom
Microsoft Access MVP


"Barry" wrote:

I am trying a SQL statement such as "SELECT Max(IIf([Qual] Is Not
Null,[Result],0), Sum(IIf([Qual] Is Null,[Result],0)) AS Expr1
FROM xylenes;" to try to combine the two actions (sum or max) but it
is
returning an error that I have a syntax error, missing operator. I
have
never queried in SQL View, so any advice as to how I can correct the
above
type of action would be appreciated.
--
Barry Guidry


"Duane Hookom" wrote:

If I understand correctly, Allen Browne's suggestion should work.
It's
difficult to determine since you included a data record 4...
...2222
that
seems to be ignored and the "4" is the same as the result you are
expecting
from the Result column.
--
Duane Hookom
Microsoft Access MVP


"Barry" wrote:

Yes, Duane you are right...the null field is based on each
record,
but I
would like the statement to sum the values [Result] if there are
any rows of
null values in the other field [Qual].

Example:

'Result' 'Qual' 'Lab_id'
1 1111
2 J 1111
3 1111
4 2222
----------------------------
4 1111 ('Result' being equal to four
because the
'Result' "1" and "3" both have 'Qual' as "null" and the same
'Lab_id' as
"1111"). The [Lab_id] is the field I want the query to sort the
data, and
calculation, by. Is there any way to do this without specifying
specific
values in the statement, but rather all values that are the
same?

--
Barry Guidry


"Duane Hookom" wrote:

I think you need to provide some context and sample data as
well
as desired
results. Sum and Max work against a group of records while
"another field is
null" seems to work against just a single record.

--
Duane Hookom
Microsoft Access MVP


"Barry" wrote:

I would like to make a query on a table on one field to
'sum'
or 'max' the
field based on 'if' another field is null or not. Any idea
on
how I would
go about this? Please be generous as I am not an Access
expert
:-)
--
Barry






  #16  
Old December 20th, 2006, 09:56 PM posted to microsoft.public.access.queries
BARRY
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 383
Default IIf statement

Yes, you are right, except If any lab_Id group has ANY quals null then get
the sum of the Results (and would like for it to first check for this, as the
higher priority). Then check If any Lab_ID group has qual that is not null
then get the max of the Result where the qual is not null.

Thanks

--
Barry Guidry


"John Spencer" wrote:

I am confused about what you want to do. What are the rules that you want
to use?

Are your rules?
If any Lab_ID group has qual that is not null then get the max of the Result
where the qual is not null.

If any lab_Id group has all quals null then get the sum of the Results

Or are they something else?

This will get the Max result of only those records where Qual has a value.
Max(IIF(Qual is Null, Null,Result))

This will get the SUM of Result where Qual has no value
SUM(IIF(Qual is Null,Null, Result))

But before I propose anything else, I would want to know the exact rules
that should be used to do the calculation.

"Barry" wrote in message
...
John, do you think there is a way to add something in the body of your
expression, "...WHERE Qual Is Null and T2.Lab_ID = T1.Lab_ID)
, Sum(Result)
, Max(Result)) as CalcResult..."
so that it will Sum(Result) only IF Qual is Null and/or Max(Result) only
IF
Qual is not null?

--
Barry Guidry


"John Spencer" wrote:

The following untested SQL might work for you. IT may or may not work, I
didn't have a way to test it.

SELECT LAB_ID
, IIF(Exists(
SELECT *
FROM YourTable as T2
WHERE Qual Is Null and T2.Lab_ID = T1.Lab_ID)
, Sum(Result)
, Max(Result)) as CalcResult
FROM TheTable as T1
GROUP BY T1.LAB_ID



That checks to see if any value in the Qual field for a lab_id is Null.
If
at least one value is null, then it SUMS all the values. If none of the
values are null then it gets the Max. IF I have misunderstood your
requirement, then I apologize for wasting your time.


"Barry" wrote in message
news Duane, that returned one value of "2800" from one group of [Lab_id] in
which
[Qual] was a null value. This is a start but the idea was to have it
sum
both values of the [Lab_id] group "711723" which would have been "2800"
+
"1900"="4700". You know, as I pondered over my given situation some
more,
I
have come to believe that this will be impossible in Access due to the
simple
fact that when we usually perform this operation in Excel we must make
an
intelligent decision as to a priority of summing the [Result] values if
there
is any null value in [Qual] within the [Lab_id] group, rather than
taking
the
max of the [Result] if all [Qual] values in a [Lab_id] group are not
null.
You see, I do not see if it will even be possible to set a priority
such
as
this in Access (to first search [Qual] for a null value and sum rather
than
max the [Result]).

This is an example of the test data:

NAME DATE LAB_ID ANALYTE RESULT QUAL
RW-6 2/24/2006 711721 o-Xylene 0.4 ND
RW-5 2/24/2006 711722 o-Xylene 0.4 ND
RW-1 2/24/2006 711723 m+p-Xylene 2800
RW-1 2/24/2006 711723 o-Xylene 1900
Duplicate 2/24/2006 711724 m+p-Xylene 2500
Duplicate 2/24/2006 711724 o-Xylene 1700
--
Barry Guidry


"Duane Hookom" wrote:

You might want to use this as a starting point:
SELECT Lab_ID, IIf(IsNull(Max([Qual])),Sum([Result]),Max([Result])) AS
Expr1
FROM Xylenes
GROUP BY Xylenes.Lab_ID;

--
Duane Hookom
Microsoft Access MVP


"Barry" wrote:

I am trying a SQL statement such as "SELECT Max(IIf([Qual] Is Not
Null,[Result],0), Sum(IIf([Qual] Is Null,[Result],0)) AS Expr1
FROM xylenes;" to try to combine the two actions (sum or max) but it
is
returning an error that I have a syntax error, missing operator. I
have
never queried in SQL View, so any advice as to how I can correct the
above
type of action would be appreciated.
--
Barry Guidry


"Duane Hookom" wrote:

If I understand correctly, Allen Browne's suggestion should work.
It's
difficult to determine since you included a data record 4...
...2222
that
seems to be ignored and the "4" is the same as the result you are
expecting
from the Result column.
--
Duane Hookom
Microsoft Access MVP


"Barry" wrote:

Yes, Duane you are right...the null field is based on each
record,
but I
would like the statement to sum the values [Result] if there are
any rows of
null values in the other field [Qual].

Example:

'Result' 'Qual' 'Lab_id'
1 1111
2 J 1111
3 1111
4 2222
----------------------------
4 1111 ('Result' being equal to four
because the
'Result' "1" and "3" both have 'Qual' as "null" and the same
'Lab_id' as
"1111"). The [Lab_id] is the field I want the query to sort the
data, and
calculation, by. Is there any way to do this without specifying
specific
values in the statement, but rather all values that are the
same?

--
Barry Guidry


"Duane Hookom" wrote:

I think you need to provide some context and sample data as
well
as desired
results. Sum and Max work against a group of records while
"another field is
null" seems to work against just a single record.

--
Duane Hookom
Microsoft Access MVP


"Barry" wrote:

I would like to make a query on a table on one field to
'sum'
or 'max' the
field based on 'if' another field is null or not. Any idea
on
how I would
go about this? Please be generous as I am not an Access
expert
:-)
--
Barry






  #17  
Old December 20th, 2006, 10:08 PM posted to microsoft.public.access.queries
BARRY
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 383
Default IIf statement

Example: If[Qual] contains a null value to sum[Result] first, or else
max[Result] if no null values found in [Qual], all the while performing the
operation on each [Label_id] group. I know what I am looking for here, but I
don't know how to write the expression.
--
Barry Guidry


"John Spencer" wrote:

I am confused about what you want to do. What are the rules that you want
to use?

Are your rules?
If any Lab_ID group has qual that is not null then get the max of the Result
where the qual is not null.

If any lab_Id group has all quals null then get the sum of the Results

Or are they something else?

This will get the Max result of only those records where Qual has a value.
Max(IIF(Qual is Null, Null,Result))

This will get the SUM of Result where Qual has no value
SUM(IIF(Qual is Null,Null, Result))

But before I propose anything else, I would want to know the exact rules
that should be used to do the calculation.

"Barry" wrote in message
...
John, do you think there is a way to add something in the body of your
expression, "...WHERE Qual Is Null and T2.Lab_ID = T1.Lab_ID)
, Sum(Result)
, Max(Result)) as CalcResult..."
so that it will Sum(Result) only IF Qual is Null and/or Max(Result) only
IF
Qual is not null?

--
Barry Guidry


"John Spencer" wrote:

The following untested SQL might work for you. IT may or may not work, I
didn't have a way to test it.

SELECT LAB_ID
, IIF(Exists(
SELECT *
FROM YourTable as T2
WHERE Qual Is Null and T2.Lab_ID = T1.Lab_ID)
, Sum(Result)
, Max(Result)) as CalcResult
FROM TheTable as T1
GROUP BY T1.LAB_ID



That checks to see if any value in the Qual field for a lab_id is Null.
If
at least one value is null, then it SUMS all the values. If none of the
values are null then it gets the Max. IF I have misunderstood your
requirement, then I apologize for wasting your time.


"Barry" wrote in message
news Duane, that returned one value of "2800" from one group of [Lab_id] in
which
[Qual] was a null value. This is a start but the idea was to have it
sum
both values of the [Lab_id] group "711723" which would have been "2800"
+
"1900"="4700". You know, as I pondered over my given situation some
more,
I
have come to believe that this will be impossible in Access due to the
simple
fact that when we usually perform this operation in Excel we must make
an
intelligent decision as to a priority of summing the [Result] values if
there
is any null value in [Qual] within the [Lab_id] group, rather than
taking
the
max of the [Result] if all [Qual] values in a [Lab_id] group are not
null.
You see, I do not see if it will even be possible to set a priority
such
as
this in Access (to first search [Qual] for a null value and sum rather
than
max the [Result]).

This is an example of the test data:

NAME DATE LAB_ID ANALYTE RESULT QUAL
RW-6 2/24/2006 711721 o-Xylene 0.4 ND
RW-5 2/24/2006 711722 o-Xylene 0.4 ND
RW-1 2/24/2006 711723 m+p-Xylene 2800
RW-1 2/24/2006 711723 o-Xylene 1900
Duplicate 2/24/2006 711724 m+p-Xylene 2500
Duplicate 2/24/2006 711724 o-Xylene 1700
--
Barry Guidry


"Duane Hookom" wrote:

You might want to use this as a starting point:
SELECT Lab_ID, IIf(IsNull(Max([Qual])),Sum([Result]),Max([Result])) AS
Expr1
FROM Xylenes
GROUP BY Xylenes.Lab_ID;

--
Duane Hookom
Microsoft Access MVP


"Barry" wrote:

I am trying a SQL statement such as "SELECT Max(IIf([Qual] Is Not
Null,[Result],0), Sum(IIf([Qual] Is Null,[Result],0)) AS Expr1
FROM xylenes;" to try to combine the two actions (sum or max) but it
is
returning an error that I have a syntax error, missing operator. I
have
never queried in SQL View, so any advice as to how I can correct the
above
type of action would be appreciated.
--
Barry Guidry


"Duane Hookom" wrote:

If I understand correctly, Allen Browne's suggestion should work.
It's
difficult to determine since you included a data record 4...
...2222
that
seems to be ignored and the "4" is the same as the result you are
expecting
from the Result column.
--
Duane Hookom
Microsoft Access MVP


"Barry" wrote:

Yes, Duane you are right...the null field is based on each
record,
but I
would like the statement to sum the values [Result] if there are
any rows of
null values in the other field [Qual].

Example:

'Result' 'Qual' 'Lab_id'
1 1111
2 J 1111
3 1111
4 2222
----------------------------
4 1111 ('Result' being equal to four
because the
'Result' "1" and "3" both have 'Qual' as "null" and the same
'Lab_id' as
"1111"). The [Lab_id] is the field I want the query to sort the
data, and
calculation, by. Is there any way to do this without specifying
specific
values in the statement, but rather all values that are the
same?

--
Barry Guidry


"Duane Hookom" wrote:

I think you need to provide some context and sample data as
well
as desired
results. Sum and Max work against a group of records while
"another field is
null" seems to work against just a single record.

--
Duane Hookom
Microsoft Access MVP


"Barry" wrote:

I would like to make a query on a table on one field to
'sum'
or 'max' the
field based on 'if' another field is null or not. Any idea
on
how I would
go about this? Please be generous as I am not an Access
expert
:-)
--
Barry






  #18  
Old December 20th, 2006, 10:10 PM posted to microsoft.public.access.queries
John Spencer
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 7,815
Default IIf statement

Still not clear.

Lab Group has a record with qual as Null,
---sum ALL the results for that lab group or
---sum only the results that have null **

Lab Group has a record with Qual that has a value
---get max of ALL the results for that lab group or
---get max of only the results that have a value in qual **


Assuming that you want the ones marked with **, I would try the following.

SELECT LAB_ID
, IIF(Exists(
SELECT *
FROM YourTable as T2
WHERE Qual Is Null and T2.Lab_ID = T1.Lab_ID)
, SUM(IIF(Qual is Null,Null, Result))
, Max(IIF(Qual is Null, Null,Result))) as CalcResult
FROM TheTable as T1
GROUP BY T1.LAB_ID

"Barry" wrote in message
...
Yes, you are right, except If any lab_Id group has ANY quals null then get
the sum of the Results (and would like for it to first check for this, as
the
higher priority). Then check If any Lab_ID group has qual that is not
null
then get the max of the Result where the qual is not null.

Thanks

--
Barry Guidry


"John Spencer" wrote:

I am confused about what you want to do. What are the rules that you
want
to use?

Are your rules?
If any Lab_ID group has qual that is not null then get the max of the
Result
where the qual is not null.

If any lab_Id group has all quals null then get the sum of the Results

Or are they something else?

This will get the Max result of only those records where Qual has a
value.
Max(IIF(Qual is Null, Null,Result))

This will get the SUM of Result where Qual has no value
SUM(IIF(Qual is Null,Null, Result))

But before I propose anything else, I would want to know the exact rules
that should be used to do the calculation.

"Barry" wrote in message
...
John, do you think there is a way to add something in the body of your
expression, "...WHERE Qual Is Null and T2.Lab_ID = T1.Lab_ID)
, Sum(Result)
, Max(Result)) as CalcResult..."
so that it will Sum(Result) only IF Qual is Null and/or Max(Result)
only
IF
Qual is not null?

--
Barry Guidry


"John Spencer" wrote:

The following untested SQL might work for you. IT may or may not
work, I
didn't have a way to test it.

SELECT LAB_ID
, IIF(Exists(
SELECT *
FROM YourTable as T2
WHERE Qual Is Null and T2.Lab_ID = T1.Lab_ID)
, Sum(Result)
, Max(Result)) as CalcResult
FROM TheTable as T1
GROUP BY T1.LAB_ID



That checks to see if any value in the Qual field for a lab_id is
Null.
If
at least one value is null, then it SUMS all the values. If none of
the
values are null then it gets the Max. IF I have misunderstood your
requirement, then I apologize for wasting your time.


"Barry" wrote in message
news Duane, that returned one value of "2800" from one group of [Lab_id]
in
which
[Qual] was a null value. This is a start but the idea was to have
it
sum
both values of the [Lab_id] group "711723" which would have been
"2800"
+
"1900"="4700". You know, as I pondered over my given situation some
more,
I
have come to believe that this will be impossible in Access due to
the
simple
fact that when we usually perform this operation in Excel we must
make
an
intelligent decision as to a priority of summing the [Result] values
if
there
is any null value in [Qual] within the [Lab_id] group, rather than
taking
the
max of the [Result] if all [Qual] values in a [Lab_id] group are not
null.
You see, I do not see if it will even be possible to set a priority
such
as
this in Access (to first search [Qual] for a null value and sum
rather
than
max the [Result]).

This is an example of the test data:

NAME DATE LAB_ID ANALYTE RESULT QUAL
RW-6 2/24/2006 711721 o-Xylene 0.4 ND
RW-5 2/24/2006 711722 o-Xylene 0.4 ND
RW-1 2/24/2006 711723 m+p-Xylene 2800
RW-1 2/24/2006 711723 o-Xylene 1900
Duplicate 2/24/2006 711724 m+p-Xylene 2500
Duplicate 2/24/2006 711724 o-Xylene 1700
--
Barry Guidry


"Duane Hookom" wrote:

You might want to use this as a starting point:
SELECT Lab_ID, IIf(IsNull(Max([Qual])),Sum([Result]),Max([Result]))
AS
Expr1
FROM Xylenes
GROUP BY Xylenes.Lab_ID;

--
Duane Hookom
Microsoft Access MVP


"Barry" wrote:

I am trying a SQL statement such as "SELECT Max(IIf([Qual] Is Not
Null,[Result],0), Sum(IIf([Qual] Is Null,[Result],0)) AS Expr1
FROM xylenes;" to try to combine the two actions (sum or max) but
it
is
returning an error that I have a syntax error, missing operator.
I
have
never queried in SQL View, so any advice as to how I can correct
the
above
type of action would be appreciated.
--
Barry Guidry


"Duane Hookom" wrote:

If I understand correctly, Allen Browne's suggestion should
work.
It's
difficult to determine since you included a data record 4...
...2222
that
seems to be ignored and the "4" is the same as the result you
are
expecting
from the Result column.
--
Duane Hookom
Microsoft Access MVP


"Barry" wrote:

Yes, Duane you are right...the null field is based on each
record,
but I
would like the statement to sum the values [Result] if there
are
any rows of
null values in the other field [Qual].

Example:

'Result' 'Qual' 'Lab_id'
1 1111
2 J 1111
3 1111
4 2222
----------------------------
4 1111 ('Result' being equal to four
because the
'Result' "1" and "3" both have 'Qual' as "null" and the same
'Lab_id' as
"1111"). The [Lab_id] is the field I want the query to sort
the
data, and
calculation, by. Is there any way to do this without
specifying
specific
values in the statement, but rather all values that are the
same?

--
Barry Guidry


"Duane Hookom" wrote:

I think you need to provide some context and sample data as
well
as desired
results. Sum and Max work against a group of records while
"another field is
null" seems to work against just a single record.

--
Duane Hookom
Microsoft Access MVP


"Barry" wrote:

I would like to make a query on a table on one field to
'sum'
or 'max' the
field based on 'if' another field is null or not. Any
idea
on
how I would
go about this? Please be generous as I am not an Access
expert
:-)
--
Barry








  #19  
Old December 20th, 2006, 10:31 PM posted to microsoft.public.access.queries
BARRY
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 383
Default IIf statement

John, based on your quoted post below:

Lab Group has a record with qual as Null,
---sum ALL the results for that lab group or
---sum only the results that have null ** (this one and this one first as
it takes priority)

Lab Group has a record with Qual that has a value
---get max of ALL the results for that lab group or
---get max of only the results that have a value in qual ** (this one only
if the above result is not met)
--
Barry Guidry


"John Spencer" wrote:

Still not clear.

Lab Group has a record with qual as Null,
---sum ALL the results for that lab group or
---sum only the results that have null **

Lab Group has a record with Qual that has a value
---get max of ALL the results for that lab group or
---get max of only the results that have a value in qual **


Assuming that you want the ones marked with **, I would try the following.

SELECT LAB_ID
, IIF(Exists(
SELECT *
FROM YourTable as T2
WHERE Qual Is Null and T2.Lab_ID = T1.Lab_ID)
, SUM(IIF(Qual is Null,Null, Result))
, Max(IIF(Qual is Null, Null,Result))) as CalcResult
FROM TheTable as T1
GROUP BY T1.LAB_ID

"Barry" wrote in message
...
Yes, you are right, except If any lab_Id group has ANY quals null then get
the sum of the Results (and would like for it to first check for this, as
the
higher priority). Then check If any Lab_ID group has qual that is not
null
then get the max of the Result where the qual is not null.

Thanks

--
Barry Guidry


"John Spencer" wrote:

I am confused about what you want to do. What are the rules that you
want
to use?

Are your rules?
If any Lab_ID group has qual that is not null then get the max of the
Result
where the qual is not null.

If any lab_Id group has all quals null then get the sum of the Results

Or are they something else?

This will get the Max result of only those records where Qual has a
value.
Max(IIF(Qual is Null, Null,Result))

This will get the SUM of Result where Qual has no value
SUM(IIF(Qual is Null,Null, Result))

But before I propose anything else, I would want to know the exact rules
that should be used to do the calculation.

"Barry" wrote in message
...
John, do you think there is a way to add something in the body of your
expression, "...WHERE Qual Is Null and T2.Lab_ID = T1.Lab_ID)
, Sum(Result)
, Max(Result)) as CalcResult..."
so that it will Sum(Result) only IF Qual is Null and/or Max(Result)
only
IF
Qual is not null?

--
Barry Guidry


"John Spencer" wrote:

The following untested SQL might work for you. IT may or may not
work, I
didn't have a way to test it.

SELECT LAB_ID
, IIF(Exists(
SELECT *
FROM YourTable as T2
WHERE Qual Is Null and T2.Lab_ID = T1.Lab_ID)
, Sum(Result)
, Max(Result)) as CalcResult
FROM TheTable as T1
GROUP BY T1.LAB_ID



That checks to see if any value in the Qual field for a lab_id is
Null.
If
at least one value is null, then it SUMS all the values. If none of
the
values are null then it gets the Max. IF I have misunderstood your
requirement, then I apologize for wasting your time.


"Barry" wrote in message
news Duane, that returned one value of "2800" from one group of [Lab_id]
in
which
[Qual] was a null value. This is a start but the idea was to have
it
sum
both values of the [Lab_id] group "711723" which would have been
"2800"
+
"1900"="4700". You know, as I pondered over my given situation some
more,
I
have come to believe that this will be impossible in Access due to
the
simple
fact that when we usually perform this operation in Excel we must
make
an
intelligent decision as to a priority of summing the [Result] values
if
there
is any null value in [Qual] within the [Lab_id] group, rather than
taking
the
max of the [Result] if all [Qual] values in a [Lab_id] group are not
null.
You see, I do not see if it will even be possible to set a priority
such
as
this in Access (to first search [Qual] for a null value and sum
rather
than
max the [Result]).

This is an example of the test data:

NAME DATE LAB_ID ANALYTE RESULT QUAL
RW-6 2/24/2006 711721 o-Xylene 0.4 ND
RW-5 2/24/2006 711722 o-Xylene 0.4 ND
RW-1 2/24/2006 711723 m+p-Xylene 2800
RW-1 2/24/2006 711723 o-Xylene 1900
Duplicate 2/24/2006 711724 m+p-Xylene 2500
Duplicate 2/24/2006 711724 o-Xylene 1700
--
Barry Guidry


"Duane Hookom" wrote:

You might want to use this as a starting point:
SELECT Lab_ID, IIf(IsNull(Max([Qual])),Sum([Result]),Max([Result]))
AS
Expr1
FROM Xylenes
GROUP BY Xylenes.Lab_ID;

--
Duane Hookom
Microsoft Access MVP


"Barry" wrote:

I am trying a SQL statement such as "SELECT Max(IIf([Qual] Is Not
Null,[Result],0), Sum(IIf([Qual] Is Null,[Result],0)) AS Expr1
FROM xylenes;" to try to combine the two actions (sum or max) but
it
is
returning an error that I have a syntax error, missing operator.
I
have
never queried in SQL View, so any advice as to how I can correct
the
above
type of action would be appreciated.
--
Barry Guidry


"Duane Hookom" wrote:

If I understand correctly, Allen Browne's suggestion should
work.
It's
difficult to determine since you included a data record 4...
...2222
that
seems to be ignored and the "4" is the same as the result you
are
expecting
from the Result column.
--
Duane Hookom
Microsoft Access MVP


"Barry" wrote:

Yes, Duane you are right...the null field is based on each
record,
but I
would like the statement to sum the values [Result] if there
are
any rows of
null values in the other field [Qual].

Example:

'Result' 'Qual' 'Lab_id'
1 1111
2 J 1111
3 1111
4 2222
----------------------------
4 1111 ('Result' being equal to four
because the
'Result' "1" and "3" both have 'Qual' as "null" and the same
'Lab_id' as
"1111"). The [Lab_id] is the field I want the query to sort
the
data, and
calculation, by. Is there any way to do this without
specifying
specific
values in the statement, but rather all values that are the
same?

--
Barry Guidry


"Duane Hookom" wrote:

I think you need to provide some context and sample data as
well
as desired
results. Sum and Max work against a group of records while
"another field is
null" seems to work against just a single record.

--
Duane Hookom
Microsoft Access MVP


"Barry" wrote:

I would like to make a query on a table on one field to
'sum'
or 'max' the
field based on 'if' another field is null or not. Any
idea
on
how I would
go about this? Please be generous as I am not an Access
expert
:-)
--
Barry









  #20  
Old December 20th, 2006, 10:35 PM posted to microsoft.public.access.queries
BARRY
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 383
Default IIf statement

I think it would somehow take a combination of the expression you first
suggested and one such as this "select iif(isnull(Qual, sum(Result),
max(Result)))
from table"
--
Barry Guidry


"John Spencer" wrote:

Still not clear.

Lab Group has a record with qual as Null,
---sum ALL the results for that lab group or
---sum only the results that have null **

Lab Group has a record with Qual that has a value
---get max of ALL the results for that lab group or
---get max of only the results that have a value in qual **


Assuming that you want the ones marked with **, I would try the following.

SELECT LAB_ID
, IIF(Exists(
SELECT *
FROM YourTable as T2
WHERE Qual Is Null and T2.Lab_ID = T1.Lab_ID)
, SUM(IIF(Qual is Null,Null, Result))
, Max(IIF(Qual is Null, Null,Result))) as CalcResult
FROM TheTable as T1
GROUP BY T1.LAB_ID

"Barry" wrote in message
...
Yes, you are right, except If any lab_Id group has ANY quals null then get
the sum of the Results (and would like for it to first check for this, as
the
higher priority). Then check If any Lab_ID group has qual that is not
null
then get the max of the Result where the qual is not null.

Thanks

--
Barry Guidry


"John Spencer" wrote:

I am confused about what you want to do. What are the rules that you
want
to use?

Are your rules?
If any Lab_ID group has qual that is not null then get the max of the
Result
where the qual is not null.

If any lab_Id group has all quals null then get the sum of the Results

Or are they something else?

This will get the Max result of only those records where Qual has a
value.
Max(IIF(Qual is Null, Null,Result))

This will get the SUM of Result where Qual has no value
SUM(IIF(Qual is Null,Null, Result))

But before I propose anything else, I would want to know the exact rules
that should be used to do the calculation.

"Barry" wrote in message
...
John, do you think there is a way to add something in the body of your
expression, "...WHERE Qual Is Null and T2.Lab_ID = T1.Lab_ID)
, Sum(Result)
, Max(Result)) as CalcResult..."
so that it will Sum(Result) only IF Qual is Null and/or Max(Result)
only
IF
Qual is not null?

--
Barry Guidry


"John Spencer" wrote:

The following untested SQL might work for you. IT may or may not
work, I
didn't have a way to test it.

SELECT LAB_ID
, IIF(Exists(
SELECT *
FROM YourTable as T2
WHERE Qual Is Null and T2.Lab_ID = T1.Lab_ID)
, Sum(Result)
, Max(Result)) as CalcResult
FROM TheTable as T1
GROUP BY T1.LAB_ID



That checks to see if any value in the Qual field for a lab_id is
Null.
If
at least one value is null, then it SUMS all the values. If none of
the
values are null then it gets the Max. IF I have misunderstood your
requirement, then I apologize for wasting your time.


"Barry" wrote in message
news Duane, that returned one value of "2800" from one group of [Lab_id]
in
which
[Qual] was a null value. This is a start but the idea was to have
it
sum
both values of the [Lab_id] group "711723" which would have been
"2800"
+
"1900"="4700". You know, as I pondered over my given situation some
more,
I
have come to believe that this will be impossible in Access due to
the
simple
fact that when we usually perform this operation in Excel we must
make
an
intelligent decision as to a priority of summing the [Result] values
if
there
is any null value in [Qual] within the [Lab_id] group, rather than
taking
the
max of the [Result] if all [Qual] values in a [Lab_id] group are not
null.
You see, I do not see if it will even be possible to set a priority
such
as
this in Access (to first search [Qual] for a null value and sum
rather
than
max the [Result]).

This is an example of the test data:

NAME DATE LAB_ID ANALYTE RESULT QUAL
RW-6 2/24/2006 711721 o-Xylene 0.4 ND
RW-5 2/24/2006 711722 o-Xylene 0.4 ND
RW-1 2/24/2006 711723 m+p-Xylene 2800
RW-1 2/24/2006 711723 o-Xylene 1900
Duplicate 2/24/2006 711724 m+p-Xylene 2500
Duplicate 2/24/2006 711724 o-Xylene 1700
--
Barry Guidry


"Duane Hookom" wrote:

You might want to use this as a starting point:
SELECT Lab_ID, IIf(IsNull(Max([Qual])),Sum([Result]),Max([Result]))
AS
Expr1
FROM Xylenes
GROUP BY Xylenes.Lab_ID;

--
Duane Hookom
Microsoft Access MVP


"Barry" wrote:

I am trying a SQL statement such as "SELECT Max(IIf([Qual] Is Not
Null,[Result],0), Sum(IIf([Qual] Is Null,[Result],0)) AS Expr1
FROM xylenes;" to try to combine the two actions (sum or max) but
it
is
returning an error that I have a syntax error, missing operator.
I
have
never queried in SQL View, so any advice as to how I can correct
the
above
type of action would be appreciated.
--
Barry Guidry


"Duane Hookom" wrote:

If I understand correctly, Allen Browne's suggestion should
work.
It's
difficult to determine since you included a data record 4...
...2222
that
seems to be ignored and the "4" is the same as the result you
are
expecting
from the Result column.
--
Duane Hookom
Microsoft Access MVP


"Barry" wrote:

Yes, Duane you are right...the null field is based on each
record,
but I
would like the statement to sum the values [Result] if there
are
any rows of
null values in the other field [Qual].

Example:

'Result' 'Qual' 'Lab_id'
1 1111
2 J 1111
3 1111
4 2222
----------------------------
4 1111 ('Result' being equal to four
because the
'Result' "1" and "3" both have 'Qual' as "null" and the same
'Lab_id' as
"1111"). The [Lab_id] is the field I want the query to sort
the
data, and
calculation, by. Is there any way to do this without
specifying
specific
values in the statement, but rather all values that are the
same?

--
Barry Guidry


"Duane Hookom" wrote:

I think you need to provide some context and sample data as
well
as desired
results. Sum and Max work against a group of records while
"another field is
null" seems to work against just a single record.

--
Duane Hookom
Microsoft Access MVP


"Barry" wrote:

I would like to make a query on a table on one field to
'sum'
or 'max' the
field based on 'if' another field is null or not. Any
idea
on
how I would
go about this? Please be generous as I am not an Access
expert
:-)
--
Barry









 




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