Re: surely an easy quick one

2001-09-16 Thread Richard Dice
ys. :-) ) I'm not saying that this is the book that you should get. But if you want to increase your SQL knowledge, you should look into getting something. Cheers, Richard > From: "Jamie Burns" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, Sept

Re: surely an easy quick one

2001-09-16 Thread Chris
Use the DISTINCT keyword and count the returned rows - Original Message - From: "Jamie Burns" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, September 14, 2001 9:08 AM Subject: surely an easy quick one > Hello again :o) > > This is surely an e

Re: surely an easy quick one

2001-09-14 Thread Chris Johnson
Woops! Nevermind. I didn't notice your data was denormalized. - Original Message - From: "Chris Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Jamie Burns" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, September 14, 2001 10:33 PM Subject: Re: sur

Re: surely an easy quick one

2001-09-14 Thread Chris Johnson
If you want a count for a specific team: Select count(*) From table Where team = 'support'; If you want the counts for all the teams: Select team, count(*) From table Group By team; - Original Message - From: "Jamie Burns" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I have a table (ref, name, team, seminar_r

RE: surely an easy quick one

2001-09-14 Thread Colin Partridge
O.k, how about this query. SELECT DISTINCT name,count(1) AS numPeople FROM tester Where team ='support' GROUP BY team Its a bit dirty and it returns an extra column, but this could be ignored -- Colin - Before posting,

Re[2]: surely an easy quick one

2001-09-14 Thread Aleksandar Bradaric
Hi, > SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT name) from tester WHERE team = 'support' Could 2 queries do the trick? insert into temptable select count(name) from tester where team = 'support' group by team; select count(*) from temptable; Best Regards, Sasa P.S. create table temptable(tempfield integ

RE: surely an easy quick one

2001-09-14 Thread Colin Partridge
Please ignore my last post. I had lost track of what you were trying to achieve with your query. -- Colin - Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/

Re: surely an easy quick one

2001-09-14 Thread Lezz Giles
;; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, September 14, 2001 9:56 AM Subject: Re: surely an easy quick one > this doesnt work as i need either :o( > > it returns 3 rows, each with a count of 3 inside. i just want to get a > *single row* with the number 3 in it (for my example). >

RE: surely an easy quick one

2001-09-14 Thread Colin Partridge
>> > this doesnt work as i need either :o( > > it returns 3 rows, each with a count of 3 inside. i just want to get a > *single row* with the number 3 in it (for my example). > > You just need to add another clause to the where statement > > SELECT COUNT(*) FROM table WHERE team = "support" AN

Re: surely an easy quick one

2001-09-14 Thread Jamie Burns
:o) Jamie. - Original Message - From: "Lezz Giles" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Jamie Burns" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, September 14, 2001 2:29 PM Subject: Re: surely an easy quick one > I haven't tested this; I'm not an SQL

Re: surely an easy quick one

2001-09-14 Thread Jamie Burns
;Jamie Burns" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, September 14, 2001 2:29 PM Subject: Re: surely an easy quick one > I haven't tested this; I'm not an SQL guru. I just > like a challenge :-) > > SELECT COUNT(*) FROM table WHERE team = "

Re: surely an easy quick one

2001-09-14 Thread Aleksandar Bradaric
Hi, idname group_name -- > 1bill support 100 > 2bill support 101 > 3bill support 102 > 4bendevelopment 201 > 5bendevelopment 103 > 6bendevelopment 204 > 7bobs

Re: surely an easy quick one

2001-09-14 Thread Jamie Burns
times (this is where your query gets 9 from). :o( - Original Message - From: "Stefan Pinkert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Jamie Burns" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, September 14, 2001 2:25 PM Subject: Re: surely an easy quick one

RE: surely an easy quick one

2001-09-14 Thread Colin Partridge
> > select count(*) from table where team='support' group by team > > I think that should be a group by name not by team. -- Colin - Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http:

Re: surely an easy quick one

2001-09-14 Thread Lezz Giles
Friday, September 14, 2001 9:08 AM Subject: surely an easy quick one > Hello again :o) > > This is surely an easy quick one but my brain wont work! > > I have a table (ref, name, team, seminar_ref) like: > > 1billsupport100 > 2billsupport101

Re: surely an easy quick one

2001-09-14 Thread Stefan Pinkert
select count(*) from table where team='support' group by team -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: Jamie Burns [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Gesendet: Freitag, 14. September 2001 15:09 An: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Betreff: surely an easy quick one Hello again :o) This is surely an easy qui

surely an easy quick one

2001-09-14 Thread Jamie Burns
Hello again :o) This is surely an easy quick one but my brain wont work! I have a table (ref, name, team, seminar_ref) like: 1billsupport100 2billsupport101 3billsupport102 4ben development 201 5ben development 103 6