How to add one col tottal but ignore one row

Databases
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Hi Guys,

I have a DB with the following COLS

user
fee
color

What i would like to do is to add the value of all the fee’s rows but ignore the one that has Department in the user row.

any one able to assist me?

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SELECT SUM(fee) AS total_fee 
  FROM daTable_not_daDB
 WHERE user <> 'Department'
3

It’s simple.
I need your tables structure. but I know you have to join tables like this:

SELECT * FROM fee LEFT JOIN user ON fee.user_id = user.id WHERE user.department;

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Hi guys,

This is the table layout

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I can’t understand what do you mean of “but ignore the one that has Department in the user row”?
If you mean the rows that are not containing the “Department” string then you must use LIKE %Department% in your WHERE.

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you skipped right over my earlier post, didn’t you?

he gave the table layout in post #1, and i gave the obvious answer

turns out i was right, and the user table is not needed

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Off Topic:

you can lead a horse to water but you can’t make him drink

8

well, i sympathize with these guys–bofadem–because they are probably young, inexperienced, and yet eager

never sell eagerness short, it is a valuable quality :award:

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Yes r937, as you see in my next post, I couldn’t understand exactly what he wants.
Checking for a string in user row:

SELECT SUM(fee) AS total_fee
FROM your_table
WHERE user NOT LIKE ‘%Department%’

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Rudy had already provided the answer before your original post. The second post in this thread provides a better answer than your latest answer.

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massive thanks to all :slight_smile: i’ve got it sorted !