• SELECT SUM(SomeColumn) FROM (

    SELECT SomeColumn FROM TableA

    UNION ALL

    SELECT SomeColumn FROM TableB

    UNION ALL

    SELECT SomeColumn FROM TableC) sub

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
    SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability

    We walk in the dark places no others will enter
    We stand on the bridge and no one may pass