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Re: Update a filed with sum from another table
Posted by: Phillip Ward
Date: September 15, 2023 08:06AM

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I have a Javascript in the background, so every time the job is opened it will auto update the fields

An item might be updated right after your javascript finishes.
From that point until your javascript runs again, your invoice-level total is wrong.

You database must be your Single Source of Truth.

If your invoices have only a few items each, I would strongly recommend calculating the total "on the fly".
If they really do have a lot of items (and I'm talking thousands of items, here) then use a database Trigger to maintain the invoice-level total when any individual item changes (or is added or deleted).
Trying to do it periodically with a batch program is a recipe for disaster.

Regards, Phill W.

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