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* RE: [SQL] problem with join & count
@ 1999-02-04 21:00 Jackson, DeJuan <djackson@cpsgroup.com>
1999-02-04 22:14 ` Re: [SQL] problem with join & count Dimitri <dimitri@france.Sun.COM>
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From: Jackson, DeJuan @ 1999-02-04 21:00 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: pat@patoche.org; pgsql-sql@postgreSQL.org
try:
SELECT t1.name, count(t2.tag)
FROM t1, t2
WHERE t1.number = t2.number
GROUP BY t1.number, t1.name
-DEJ
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pat@patoche.org [mailto:pat@patoche.org]
> Sent: Thursday, February 04, 1999 2:39 PM
> To: pgsql-sql@postgreSQL.org
> Subject: [SQL] problem with join & count
>
>
> Hi,
>
> I don't succeed to build an SQL to do the task i describe below.
> If someone can helps, thanks in advance.
>
> I have two tables
>
> number | name
> --------------
> 1 | toto
> 2 | titi
> 3 | tutu
>
> (here the number is a primary key)
>
> and
>
> number | tag
> ---------------
> 1 | alpha
> 1 | beta
> 2 | gamma
> 3 | zeta
> 3 | epsilon
>
> the number in the left column is the same of the number in
> the first table,
> but can appear in that second table many times.
>
> i need an sql query that will return:
>
> name | how_often
> -------------------
> toto | 2
> titi | 1
> tutu | 2
>
> that is, the result table should contain all names present in
> the first table
> and then the number of times the number associated with the
> name appears in
> the second table.
>
> Thanks a lot for your help.
>
> Patrick
>
> /\//\/\/\\/\/\//\/\\/\/\\/\\/\//\/\\/\//\/\\/\//\/\\/\//\/\\
> Patrick M. pat@patoche.org http://www.patoche.org/
>
>
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* Re: [SQL] problem with join & count
1999-02-04 21:00 RE: [SQL] problem with join & count Jackson, DeJuan <djackson@cpsgroup.com>
@ 1999-02-04 22:14 ` Dimitri <dimitri@france.Sun.COM>
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From: Dimitri @ 1999-02-04 22:14 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Jackson, DeJuan <djackson@cpsgroup.com>; +Cc: pat@patoche.org; pgsql-sql@postgreSQL.org
Jackson, DeJuan wrote:
>
> try:
> SELECT t1.name, count(t2.tag)
> FROM t1, t2
> WHERE t1.number = t2.number
> GROUP BY t1.number, t1.name
______________^
your query will never work :)), you have to miss t1.number...
Best regards!
(dim)
>
> -DEJ
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: pat@patoche.org [mailto:pat@patoche.org]
> > Sent: Thursday, February 04, 1999 2:39 PM
> > To: pgsql-sql@postgreSQL.org
> > Subject: [SQL] problem with join & count
> >
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I don't succeed to build an SQL to do the task i describe below.
> > If someone can helps, thanks in advance.
> >
> > I have two tables
> >
> > number | name
> > --------------
> > 1 | toto
> > 2 | titi
> > 3 | tutu
> >
> > (here the number is a primary key)
> >
> > and
> >
> > number | tag
> > ---------------
> > 1 | alpha
> > 1 | beta
> > 2 | gamma
> > 3 | zeta
> > 3 | epsilon
> >
> > the number in the left column is the same of the number in
> > the first table,
> > but can appear in that second table many times.
> >
> > i need an sql query that will return:
> >
> > name | how_often
> > -------------------
> > toto | 2
> > titi | 1
> > tutu | 2
> >
> > that is, the result table should contain all names present in
> > the first table
> > and then the number of times the number associated with the
> > name appears in
> > the second table.
> >
> > Thanks a lot for your help.
> >
> > Patrick
> >
> > /\//\/\/\\/\/\//\/\\/\/\\/\\/\//\/\\/\//\/\\/\//\/\\/\//\/\\
> > Patrick M. pat@patoche.org http://www.patoche.org/
> >
> >
--
=====================================================
Dimitri KRAVTCHUK (dim) Sun Microsystems
Benchmark Engineer France
dimitri@France.Sun.COM
=====================================================
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