How to total sum of all low bid

Question

CALCBTOT     CALL     LETTING     VENDOR
70,526     001     97101502     M018         
63,960     001     97101502     S201         
72,289     001     97101502     S498         
21,100     001     97102401     A620         
19,129     001     97102401     B0020        
36,000     001     97102401     H330         
26,424     001     97102401     J0008        
3,328,419     002     97102401     C470         
3,426,462     002     97102401     C480         
3,495,741     002     97102401     E110         
0     003     97102401     M577         
465,280     003     97102401     R0026        
1,359,124     004     97102401     E130         
1,365,660     004     97102401     P272         
I would like sum the low bid from the above table.  for example call 001  has 7 vendors submitted their bid. I just want to get the low bid out of the 7 vendors and add with the low bid with call number 002, 003 and 004. can you shed some light how I can do this.
thank youEdited by: 893601 on Nov 15, 2011 12:56 PM

Answer 1

I did a running total kind of thing but I got the result is the same as Solomon.
/* Formatted on 11/15/2011 4:16:42 PM (QP5 v5.149.1003.31008) */
WITH sample_data AS (SELECT 70526 CALCBTOT,
                            001 CALL,
                            97101502 LETTING,
                            'M018' VENDOR
                       FROM DUAL
                     UNION ALL
                     SELECT 63960,
                            001,
                            97101502,
                            'S201'
                       FROM DUAL
                     UNION ALL
                     SELECT 72289,
                            001,
                            97101502,
                            'S498'
                       FROM DUAL
                     UNION ALL
                     SELECT 21100,
                            001,
                            97102401,
                            'A620'
                       FROM DUAL
                     UNION ALL
                     SELECT 19129,
                            001,
                            97102401,
                            'B0020'
                       FROM DUAL
                     UNION ALL
                     SELECT 36000,
                            001,
                            97102401,
                            'H330'
                       FROM DUAL
                     UNION ALL
                     SELECT 26424,
                            001,
                            97102401,
                            'J0008'
                       FROM DUAL
                     UNION ALL
                     SELECT 3328419,
                            002,
                            97102401,
                            'C470'
                       FROM DUAL
                     UNION ALL
                     SELECT 3426462,
                            002,
                            97102401,
                            'C480'
                       FROM DUAL
                     UNION ALL
                     SELECT 3495741,
                            002,
                            97102401,
                            'E110'
                       FROM DUAL
                     UNION ALL
                     SELECT 0,
                            003,
                            97102401,
                            'M577'
                       FROM DUAL
                     UNION ALL
                     SELECT 465280,
                            003,
                            97102401,
                            'R0026'
                       FROM DUAL
                     UNION ALL
                     SELECT 1359124,
                            004,
                            97102401,
                            'E130'
                       FROM DUAL
                     UNION ALL
                     SELECT 1365660,
                            004,
                            97102401,
                            'P272'
                       FROM DUAL)
  SELECT TO_CHAR (low_bid, '$999,999,999') low_bid,
         TO_CHAR (call, '009') call,
         TO_CHAR (SUM (low_bid) OVER (ORDER BY call), '$999,999,999')
            running_total
    FROM (  SELECT MIN (CALCBTOT) low_bid, call
              FROM sample_data
          GROUP BY call)
ORDER BY call
LOW_BID     CALL     RUNNING_TOTAL
      $19,129      001           $19,129
   $3,328,419      002        $3,347,548
           $0      003        $3,347,548
   $1,359,124      004        $4,706,672