Subject Re: SUM
From Jerry Frost <ealer@comcast.net>
Date Fri, 12 Jan 2024 07:13:09 -0500
Newsgroups dbase.getting-started

Jerry Frost Wrote:

> I have a table with a numerical field named ENTRYFEE containing both positive and negative numbers in the format 1.00,2.00,-3.00, etc.
> Every time I SUM this field I get 0.00 ?
>
> sum entryfee to x
> ? x
>
> I am still new at this so much appreciation for a possible solution.
>

The entryfee field does have several more positive and negative entries. The SUM(amount) worked perfectly until a few days ago when it now produces only a zero value? The correct result should be a positive number with the values I have in my table now.