Can I somehow get the total number of rows in
a function?
if so, then I can say:
select var1, count(*) / numRows() * 100 from table1 group by var1;
Sze Wong
---"K.T." wrote:
>
> select var1, count(*) from table1 group by var1;
>
> will get you the count of how many of each number there is...
>
> I think the only way is to get the max and manually loop thru the
rows and
> calc the percentage.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sze Yuen Wong <swong_@yahoo.com>
> To: pgsql-general@hub.org <pgsql-general@hub.org>
> Date: Tuesday, March 09, 1999 9:48 AM
> Subject: [GENERAL] Calcuate percentage.
>
>
> >Hi,
> >
> > I need to calcuate the percentage from my table:
> >
> >var1
> >------
> >1
> >1
> >1
> >2
> >2
> >3
> >
> >Desire result:
> >
> >var1 | percentage
> >----------------------------
> >1 | 50%
> >2 | 33%
> >3 | 17%
> >
> >===============================
> >
> >Any clue?
> >
> >Please help.
> >
> >Sze Wong
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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