Pick until enough

Pick until enough

am 13.07.2005 21:00:57 von sun_tong

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Hi,

How can I do this:
select g_name from goods order by g_priority where sum(g_value) < 500

I.e., I want to orderly pick from table goods so that the total picked
value is less than a defined value.

Certainly the above sql won't work (tested under mysql). How can I do it?
Thanks!

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