Re: How to get a count() where column < ''? - Mailing list pgsql-sql

Hi Stephan,

On Sun, 2005-12-04 at 13:33 -0800, Stephan Szabo wrote:
> > SELECT COUNT(customers.objectid) FROM prototype.customers,
> > prototype.addresses
> > WHERE
> > customers.contactaddress = addresses.objectid
> > AND
> > zipCode < '2716BN'
> > ORDER By zipCode, houseNumber

> In a non-grouped query like the above, I don't think that the order by is
> meaningful.  You only get one row back anyway without a group by, and
> there's no single zipCode or houseNumber to associate with the row.
> 
What do you mean by a non-grouped query? The query below gives the same
error:

SELECT zipcode, COUNT(*) FROM prototype.customers, prototype.addresses 
WHERE 
customers.contactaddress = addresses.objectid 
AND 
zipCode < '2716BN' 

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