Posted by Cerebral Believer on 10/14/20 11:58

"NC" <nc@iname.com> wrote in message
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> Cerebral Believer wrote:
>>
>> I have the following statement:
>>
>> SELECT SUM(`Quantity Ordered`)
>> FROM `Sales Detail Information` WHERE
>> `Catalogue Number` = "FBDCD008";
>>
>> I can run this as a query in the SQL window, and it works fine.
>>
>> How could I turn this query into a FUNCTION or perhaps
>> better still a PROCEEDURE? I am not sure if FUNCTIONS
>> can reference tables...
>
> Read MySQL documentation:
>
> http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/create-procedure.html

Thanks, I keep getting Error #1064, but the same syntax works fine for a
simple query.

CREATE FUNCTION Sum_001R RETURNS INT
SELECT SUM(`Quantity Ordered`) FROM `Sales Detail Information`
WHERE`Catalogue Number` = "FBDCD008";

I am perplexed.

Regards,
C.B.

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