i need help with sql calculations

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hi. its been a long time since i used sql . currently i am looking for a select statement that would calculate values of two columns(price, discount) in the same table(items) but i want the result to be stored at a different table(buy) on the column discount price. an example would help. thank you

Posted 2-Jun-12 10:36am

morojele

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Tim Corey · Accepted Answer · 2012-06-02T12:17:00

Solution 1

Here is a simple example of the syntax needed for your query:

SQL

INSERT INTO dbo.Buy(DiscountPrice)
SELECT Discount * Price
FROM dbo.Items

This will insert a new row into the Buy table for each row in the Items table. This may not be exactly what you are looking for. You might need to do an UPDATE statement instead of an INSERT if you are trying to update existing rows in the Buy table.

Posted 2-Jun-12 12:17pm

Tim Corey

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morojele 2-Jun-12 18:44pm

this is good enough thanx

Tim Corey 2-Jun-12 18:49pm

Great. Glad I could help. Please mark the solution as accepted so others know the question has been answered. Thanks.