Using Compute within Select Not Allowed in Q+E

 Last reviewed: October 31, 1994
Article ID: Q45978

SUMMARY

Some implementations of SQL allow Compute to be used in the following fashion: 

   SELECT FIRST_NAME, LAST_NAME, COMPUTE MAX(SALARY)
   FROM EMP.DBF
Q+E's implementation of SQL does not allow this. If the above is entered, the following error message will be displayed: 

   Missing SQL clause: From
The correct SQL implementation in Q+E is the following: 

   SELECT FIRST_NAME, LAST_NAME, SALARY
   FROM EMP.DBF
   COMPUTE MAX(SALARY)

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Last reviewed: October 31, 1994
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