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Nice! &nbsp;Thanks!<br />
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Doug<br />

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In Microsoft Dynamics NAV (Navision) a flowfield shows the sum of thousand or millions of lines from other tables almost instantly, but when I try to sum the same data using a SQL Query SUM it takes hours... why?<br />
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Doug<br />

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In Microsoft Dynamics NAV (Navision) a flowfield shows the sum of thousand or millions of lines from other tables almost instantly, but when I try to sum the same data using a SQL Query SUM it takes hours... why?

Thanks

Doug


How does a Navision flowfield work so much faster than a SQL sum command?

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