Re: joining a query with a select count(*) - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Martijn van Oosterhout
Subject Re: joining a query with a select count(*)
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Msg-id 20051105184725.GB6828@svana.org
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In response to joining a query with a select count(*)  (Matthew Terenzio <matt@jobsforge.com>)
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On Sat, Nov 05, 2005 at 01:10:13PM -0500, Matthew Terenzio wrote:
>
> I want a query to return all the rows from one table along with a count
> of rows in another table that reference each returned row from the
> first table.

Quick and dirty, should give you the idea...

select *, (select count(*) from table2 where fkey=pkey) from table1;

Hope this helps,
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