Re: Distinct oddity - Mailing list pgsql-sql

From Scott Marlowe
Subject Re: Distinct oddity
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Msg-id dcc563d10905071154j613847edqc5cab8c8af68d496@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Distinct oddity  (Maximilian Tyrtania <maximilian.tyrtania@onlinehome.de>)
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On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 2:21 AM, Maximilian Tyrtania
<maximilian.tyrtania@onlinehome.de> wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> does this look right?
>
> FAKDB=# select count(distinct(f.land)) from firmen f where
> f.typlist='Redaktion';
>  count
> -------
>  1975
> (1 row)
>
> FAKDB=# select count(distinct(f.land||'1')) from firmen f where
> f.typlist='Redaktion';
>  count
> -------
>  4944
> (1 row)

Yeah, that does seem odd.  Could it be something like nulls in your
data set?  just guessing really.  If you could make a small test case
that shows it happening and allows others to reproduce it you're
likely to get more bites.


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