Re: COUNT func - Mailing list pgsql-sql

From Bhuvan A
Subject Re: COUNT func
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Msg-id Pine.LNX.4.20.0110191148400.20805-100000@Larry.bks
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In response to COUNT func  (Oleg Lebedev <olebedev@waterford.org>)
List pgsql-sql

hi,
try this too..

select count(*),age,status from person  where age=40 and
status='MARRIED' group by age,status;    
Regards,
Bhuvaneswar.

On Oct 18, Oleg Lebedev wrote:

> Hi,
> I am trying to count the number or rows in a table with similar field
> values. I want to do it in one table scan.
> In other words, say I want to count the number of rows in Person table,
> having age equal to 40, and the number of rows with status as 'married'.
> I want Person table to be scanned only once during this query.
> So, basically I want to do the following:
> SELECT COUNT(age=40), COUNT(status='married')
> FROM Person;
> 
> I tried to use aggregate functions with group by and having clauses, but
> I still can't figure it out (probably because of the lack of
> experience).
> Please help.
> Thanks,
> 
> Oleg
> 
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