Re: Help by query

Howdy,
Can you explain a little better the background of the problem you're trying to solve as it is not clear for me?
Where did the line with id=6 come from?
And what's the role of the "example number" variable you've provided ? Is it the threshold? What happens if a group surpasses it ?

Best,
Oliveiros
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From: killspam killspam
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Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2011 10:14 AM
Subject: [NOVICE] Help by query

Hello list.

I have the following problem:

Example table Origin

id | length | source | target

1 25 33 45
2 100 45 60
3 12 22 11
4 78 60 55
5 20 24 60

Example Results: new table

id | length | source | target | group | total length

1 25 33 45 1 145
2 100 45 70 1 145
3 12 22 11 3 12
4 78 60 55 2 98
5 20 24 60 2 98
6 20 30 70 1 145

Example Number variable >= 150

and I want to create groups of elements on two conditions.

source or target must match, since this indicates that touch

to group items with the first condition and that the sum of its length does not exceed a given number

not be repeated elements in groups (The items can not be processed and reprocessed)

Can someone help?

Thanks in advance

regards
Mario