Hey!!!
Thanks a lot. That is just what I needed.
here's the query I used:
select sum(price), trans_id from second_table group by trans_id;
I had to include the "trans_id" in the target list to use it for grouping.
I've never been able to mix single fields and aggregates before (of
course, I've never used the "group" syntax before either).
Thanks a lot.
Bob
On Tue, 24 Nov 1998, Oliver Elphick wrote:
> Date: Tue, 24 Nov 1998 23:30:19 +0000
> From: Oliver Elphick <olly@lfix.co.uk>
> To: Bob Dusek <bobd@palaver.net>
> Cc: PostgreSQL General <pgsql-general@postgreSQL.org>
> Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Aggregates and Joins
>
> Bob Dusek wrote:
> ...
> >table second_table (
> >
> > this_id int,
> > price money,
> > ...
> > ..
> > trans_id int, -- my primary key association
> >
> >);
> ...
> >What I need to do is to obtain the sum of the field 'price' from
> >second_table for every distinct 'trans_id' (all of which can be found in
> >first_table). ... Is there a quicker way to do this? Is it possible to
> >use the aggregate functions and have more than one row returned?
>
> select sum(price) from second_table group by trans_id;
>
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