Re: join/group/count query. - Mailing list pgsql-sql

From Gary Stainburn
Subject Re: join/group/count query.
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Msg-id 200612210946.56643.gary.stainburn@ringways.co.uk
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In response to Re: join/group/count query.  ("Hector Villarreal" <HVillarreal@mynewplace.com>)
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On Wednesday 20 December 2006 18:06, Hector Villarreal wrote:
> HI in reading this is it possible what was really intended :
> Sum(case when o_model = 5 then 1 else NULL end) as KA
> That would provide a count of all records meeting that condition.
> Otherwise the count( approach will not do that.
>

Because the else is NULL, count does work. Although I would imagine sum will 
also work, count more reflects the logic, i.e. the number of times that 
condition is true
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