Why not simply something like:

insert into summaryTable(PatientID, Date, Tester, SumPoints)
select PatientID, Date, Tester, sum(Points)
from MyTable
group by 1, 2, 3

HTH,
Set

Alejandro Garcia wrote:

> Hi! I have a table of patients who executed a test, each test has 10 items =
> and I have to generate a new column with the sum of 3 of those 10 items.
> The original table columns are this: PatientID Date Items Points Tester.
> Date is the date the test took place, a test is started and finished at the=
> same date
> Items are the 10 items of the test, one in each row of the table
> Tester is the doctor that applied the test to the patient.
> Points is the score that the patient got in that item, that date, applied b=
> y that tester.
> A tester can apply the same test to the same patient the same day more than=
> once.
> Two different testers can apply the same test to the same patient the same =
> date so that date one patient will have 2 scores for each item.
>
> I need to create a table with this columns:
> PatientID Date Tester SumPoints
> (where SumPoints is the sum of 3 known items of the test, for example Item1=
> , Item2 and Item3)=20
>
> I thought of doing something like this:
> find maxpat minpat
> while minpat < maxpat
> select minpat date
> select minpat tester
> select minpat item1
> select minpat item2
> select minpat item3
> result=3D item1+item2+item3
> add result to final table
> find another tester for the same date and patient calculate result, add to =
> final table
> find another date for the same tester and patient calculate result add to f=
> inal table
> increment minpat
>
> what do you think? could this work? is there a better way to do it?
> Thanks in advance