How to SUM two fields within an SQL query

Question

I need to get the total of two fields which are within the same row and input that number in a field at the end of that same row.

This is my code.

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Answer 1

The sum function only gets the total of a column. In order to sum two values from different columns, convert the values to int and add them up using the +-Operator

Select (convert(int, col1)+convert(int, col2)) as summed from tbl1

Hope that helps.