Re: Yet Another COUNT(*)...WHERE...question - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Gregory Stark
Subject Re: Yet Another COUNT(*)...WHERE...question
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In response to Yet Another COUNT(*)...WHERE...question  ("Phoenix Kiula" <phoenix.kiula@gmail.com>)
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"Phoenix Kiula" <phoenix.kiula@gmail.com> writes:

> I'm grappling with a lot of reporting code for our app that relies on
> queries such as:
>
>      SELECT COUNT(*) FROM TABLE WHERE ....(conditions)...
>...
> The number of such possibilities for multiple WHERE conditions is
> infinite...

Depends on the "conditions" bit. You can't solve all of the infinite
possibilities -- well you can, just run the query above -- but if you want to
do better it's all about understanding your data.
--
  Gregory Stark
  EnterpriseDB          http://www.enterprisedb.com

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