This seems to work for me. I used the snapshot from 3/28 on Solaris 8
SELECT service, count(*) AS GebruikersAantal
FROM tbtrouble GROUP BY service; service | gebruikersaantal
-----------+------------------Service 1 | 2Service 3 | 2Service 4 | 1
(3 rows)
SELECT service, count(*) AS GebruikersAantal
FROM vwtrouble GROUP BY service; service | gebruikersaantal
-----------+------------------Service 1 | 2Service 3 | 2Service 4 | 1
(3 rows)
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> Hi there,
>
> I have found a small but annoying bug. I have created a view. The
> SQL-statement in the view contains a GROUP BY statement. Then I
compose a
> SQL-statement using this view and another GROUP BY statement and a
COUNT(*)
> statement. The count(*) statement doesn't count the amount of grouped
> record's of the view, but it count's the amount of grouped records of
the
> GROUP BY in the view and of the GROUP BY in the select statement. It
counts
> all the records grouped instead of only the records grouped from the
view.
> This is wrong (IMHO). When I use a temporary table instead of a view
all
> things work OK. IMHO views shouldn't differ from temporary tables.
>
> To make things a bit more clear I have add an SQL-attachment. You can
run
> the attachment in an empty database form psql to have a look at the
problem.
>
> I sometimes get another <<database.sql>> error too while executing
these
> group statements: 'My bit's blew right of the end of the world'. (This
is
> when i am using an ODBC link to my db.)
>
> Mighty thanks in advance,
>
> Jeroen Eitjes
> j.eitjes<nospam>@chem.leidenuniv.nl
> eitjes<nospam>@walras.nl
>
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