Question

Having an issue with this sub query using SUM. The query will be totaling the profit column of several records from a specific date range. I am grouping this total profit by the account number attached to the record. With one account number, it works just fine:

select
    [ACCOUNT ID],
    (
     select SUM(PROFIT)
     from [Transaction Table]
     where [ACCOUNT ID] in ('1001')
     and [ACTIVITY DATE] in ('5/31/2012')
    ) as 'May Profit'

from
    [Transaction Table]

where
    [ACCOUNT ID] in ('1001')

group by
    [ACCOUNT ID]    

Gives correct results:

    | ACCOUNT ID | May Profit |
    ---------------------------
    |    1001    |   $61.97   |

The trouble comes with multiple account numbers:

select
    [ACCOUNT ID],
    (
     select SUM(PROFIT)
     from [Transaction Table]
     where [ACCOUNT ID] in ('1001','2001')
     and [ACTIVITY DATE] in ('5/31/2012')
    ) as 'May Profit'

from
    [Transaction Table]

where
    [ACCOUNT ID] in ('1001','2001')

group by
    [ACCOUNT ID]    

Gives incorrect results:

    | ACCOUNT ID | May Profit |
    ---------------------------
    |    1001    |  $127.34   |
    |    2001    |  $127.34   |

The “May Profit” is being totaled for both accounts on each record. I need individual profit totals per account number.

Any thoughts? Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

You don’t need to use a SubQuery, but here are 2 ways you can do it:

The first way, using your query (not recommended) – Notice the Account Id = T.Account Id:

select
    [ACCOUNT ID],
    (
     select SUM(PROFIT)
     from [Transaction Table]
     where [ACCOUNT ID] = T.[ACCOUNT ID]
     and [ACTIVITY DATE] in ('5/31/2012')
    ) as 'May Profit'
from
    [Transaction Table] T
where
    [ACCOUNT ID] in ('1001','2001')
group by
    [ACCOUNT ID]  

A better way:

select
     [ACCOUNT ID],
     SUM(PROFIT)
from [Transaction Table]
where [ACCOUNT ID] in ('1001','2001') and [ACTIVITY DATE] in ('5/31/2012')
group by [ACCOUNT ID]