Re: [PHP-DB] Getting total quantities
[email protected] (Chaitanya Yanamadala)
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Have you tried using it like this *select count(*) from products;* Chaitanya "A man can get discouraged many times but he is not a failure until he stops trying..." On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 10:39 AM, Karl DeSaulniers <[email protected]>wrote: > Would it be? > > $q = "SUM(ProductStock) FROM products"; > > or > > $q = "SELECT SUM(ProductStock) AS ProductStock FROM products"; > > if I want to return $ProductStock as the value? > > Karl > > > > > On Feb 14, 2010, at 10:55 PM, Karl DeSaulniers wrote: > > Hello List, >> I have a situation where I want to figure out the total number of products >> in my database. >> I want to read all the fields $ProductStock and add them together to get >> the TOTAL number of products, not just the number of rows in my database. >> Any pointers on the code to use for adding multiple rows field values? >> >> EG: >> >> Say I have three individual products and Product one has 10 and Product 2 >> has 20 and Product three has 5, and these values are set in the field >> $ProductStock, I want to get the result of 35 and not 3. >> >> Any help is appreciated. TIA >> >> Karl DeSaulniers >> Design Drumm >> http://designdrumm.com >> >> > Karl DeSaulniers > Design Drumm > http://designdrumm.com > >