Question

this is what i’m trying to achieve:

SELECT  COUNT(*) * dd.Material_Quantity as [Count], tabSparePart.SparePartName
FROM         tabDataDetail AS dd INNER JOIN
                      tabSparePart ON dd.fiSparePart = tabSparePart.idSparePart
WHERE    dd.Reused_Indicator = 1
GROUP BY tabSparePart.SparePartName
ORDER BY Count DESC, tabSparePart.SparePartName

Count all sparepart occurences and multiply them with their corresponding Material_Quantity value.
But i get following error:

8118: Column ‘tabDataDetail.Material_Quantity’ is invalid in the select list because it is not contained in an aggregate function and there is no GROUP BY
clause.

How can i multiply both values meaningfully? Would a simple SUM or AVG give the correct result? For example: COUNT(*) * AVG(dd.Material_Quantity) as [Count]

Answer 1

If you’re looking for the sum of quantities, you could use sum:

SUM(dd.Material_Quantity)