Dave,
I'm interested in seeing your SQL to solve this problem. Remember
there are 250 columns. Does 'consecutive columns' have any meaning in
SQL?

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"ds" wrote in message .. .
I suggest you send all values to a text-file or better a very easy small
access db, and use Excel (Sum(...) or SQL) to calculate the result in some
seconds....

David
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