Getting a contradiction when integrating a total differential

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I'm kind of confused with the total differential, because when i integrate it i get a contradiction, so i wonder if anyone could tell me what I'm doing wrong, please see the attachment to see my problem.
 

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dz=(∂z/∂x)dx+(∂z/∂y)dy

∫dz=∫(∂z/∂x)dx+∫(∂z/∂y)dy

which would give z(x,y)= z(x)+z(y) + constant