RE: [PHP] Show total records based on criteria

2003-11-12 Thread Jay Blanchard
[snip] If you want blue eyes only you would handle that in the query; SELECT COUNT(eyeColor) FROM theTable WHERE sex = 'male' AND eyeColor = 'blue' And if your are returning one row ... $result = mysql_fetch_object($db); // no while loop echo "We have " . $result->colorCount . "guys with " . $re

RE: [PHP] Show total records based on criteria

2003-11-12 Thread Jay Blanchard
[snip] Another newbie question but how do I get the info out of a query when I do a group by? How is it presented to me? Would you mind taking your example 1 step farther and show me how I would echo, say, the total of blue eyed people? $sql = "SELECT COUNT(eyeColor) AS colorCount, eyeColor FROM

RE: [PHP] Show total records based on criteria

2003-11-12 Thread Jay Blanchard
[snip] For example, if I create a record set of all male employees regardless of eye color and then I want to create a table showing the totals of people of each eye color. Is there a way to do this with out creating several different recordsets. [/snip] Yes, you handle it in the query; $sql = "

[PHP] Show total records based on criteria

2003-11-12 Thread Tim Winters
Hello, Sorry for the probably newbie question. Is there a way to show the number of records in a recordset based on a specific criteria? For example, if I create a record set of all male employees regardless of eye color and then I want to create a table showing the totals of people of each e