Looking for some help on a simple command....

(Im a newbie at oracle)
I have a field in my database called "gamesplayed" and I would like that to
display the total of 'opwin' & 'oplost' automatically. Sort of like adding a
formula to a field in excel, but I cant figure out how to do this or if its
even possible.

example:

'opwin' 9
'oplost' 19
'gamesplayed' 28 (i would like this field to update automatically)
I am thinking I just add the command "select sum(opwin+oplost) from
gametable;" to 'gamesplayed', but how?
Andrew

[Jim Kennedy]

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(Im a newbie at oracle)
I have a field in my database called "gamesplayed" and I would like that to display the total of 'opwin' & 'oplost' automatically. Sort of like adding a formula to a field in excel, but I cant figure out how to do this or if its even possible.

example:

'opwin' 9
'oplost' 19
'gamesplayed' 28 (i would like this field to update automatically)
I am thinking I just add the command "select sum(opwin+oplost) from
gametable;" to 'gamesplayed', but how?
Andrew

You can create a view or use the sql:

select opwin, oplost, (opwin+oplost) gamesplayed from gametable;

Unless you built the table with the " around the field names you don't need
them.

Jim