Posted by mcolson on 07/26/07 20:28

On Jul 26, 2:43 pm, mcolson <mcolson1...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Jul 26, 2:21 pm, Jason Lepack <jlep...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > select
> > sum(box)
> > from (
> > select top 2
> > box
> > from
> > your_table
> > order by
> > id desc)
>
> > Cheers,
> > Jason Lepack
>
> > On Jul 26, 3:16 pm, mcolson <mcolson1...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > I am trying to create a stored procedure that will add the last two
> > > entries from a column. If I had a column named box, I would want to
> > > add the two values in box, for which my ID column is Max and Max-1.
>
> > > Is there anyone who can help me with this?
>
> > > Matt
>
> so i should
> SET box = select
> sum(box)
> from (
> select top 2
> box
> from
> batchdaa
> order by
> IDnum desc)
> ?

ahh the power of parenthesis

box = (SELECT SUM(box) FROM batchdata WHERE IDnum >= (SELECT
(MAX(IDnum)-1) FROM batchdata))

I had to make sure the parenthesis were all in the correct spot.
Especially since I am doing this for 4 columns and there was a comma
at the end

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