Thread: Re: [GENERAL] trouble with sum

Re: [GENERAL] trouble with sum

From
Marcin Grondecki
Date:
select sum(p.price), p.product_id, s.sid from ...
where ...
group by p.product_id, s.sid

"group by" clause is the key. You cannot use non-aggregate fields
in question like this, where some fields are aggregates, without grouping
them.
Sometimes i'd like to use syntax you presented, but in postgreSQL
it isn't possible :( And it makes some sense...

At 13:29 99-03-19 -0500, you wrote:
>select sum(P.price), P.product_id, S.sid, S.product_id from products P,
>shoppers S
>where S.sid='0319199910043810.3.0.12' and P.product_id= S.product_id;
>
>i've used similar commands like this one with other engines with no
>trouble
>
>what do i need to do to get it to work with postgre
>

Marcin Grondecki
ojciec@mtl.pl
+48(604)468725
***** I'm not a complete idiot, some parts are missing...


Re: [GENERAL] trouble with sum

From
pete collins
Date:
=> select sum(P.price), P.product_id, S.sid, S.product_id from products P,
shoppers S
-> where S.sid='0319199910043810.3.0.12'
-> group by P.product_id, S.sid;
ERROR:  parser: illegal use of aggregates or non-group column in target list



no luck
i wont let me combine sum(P.price) with the other selects

this should work right?

Marcin Grondecki wrote:

> select sum(p.price), p.product_id, s.sid from ...
> where ...
> group by p.product_id, s.sid
>
> "group by" clause is the key. You cannot use non-aggregate fields
> in question like this, where some fields are aggregates, without grouping
> them.
> Sometimes i'd like to use syntax you presented, but in postgreSQL
> it isn't possible :( And it makes some sense...
>
> At 13:29 99-03-19 -0500, you wrote:
> >select sum(P.price), P.product_id, S.sid, S.product_id from products P,
> >shoppers S
> >where S.sid='0319199910043810.3.0.12' and P.product_id= S.product_id;
> >
> >i've used similar commands like this one with other engines with no
> >trouble
> >
> >what do i need to do to get it to work with postgre
> >
>
> Marcin Grondecki
> ojciec@mtl.pl
> +48(604)468725
> ***** I'm not a complete idiot, some parts are missing...


Re: [GENERAL] trouble with sum

From
Marcin Grondecki
Date:
Should work :)
In group by you should group by ALL non-aggregate fields,
in this example - s.product_id too.
But in your original question you wrote "where s.product_id=p.product_id",
so one of these fields became redundant.

At 14:16 99-03-19 -0500, pete collins wrote:
>=> select sum(P.price), P.product_id, S.sid, S.product_id from products P,
>shoppers S
>-> where S.sid='0319199910043810.3.0.12'
>-> group by P.product_id, S.sid;
>ERROR:  parser: illegal use of aggregates or non-group column in target list
>
>
>
>no luck
>i wont let me combine sum(P.price) with the other selects
>
>this should work right?
>

Marcin Grondecki
ojciec@mtl.pl
+48(604)468725
***** I'm not a complete idiot, some parts are missing...