Re: Bug or Misunderstanding

2002-03-07 Thread Paul DuBois
At 17:42 -0500 3/7/02, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Perhaps I misunderstand how the UNION statement is to be used, but the >following query doesn't work as I'd expect: > >SELECT column_id, SUM(column_a) AS positive_a FROM table_a WHERE column_b = >'positive' >UNION >SELECT column_id, SUM(column_a) AS

Bug or Misunderstanding

2002-03-07 Thread mike . miller
Perhaps I misunderstand how the UNION statement is to be used, but the following query doesn't work as I'd expect: SELECT column_id, SUM(column_a) AS positive_a FROM table_a WHERE column_b = 'positive' UNION SELECT column_id, SUM(column_a) AS negative_a FROM table_a WHERE columb_b = 'negative' I