Thread: sum(bool)?

sum(bool)?

From

Olaf Zanger

Date:

23 February 2001, 13:25:19

hi there

i'd like to add up the "true" values of a comparison like

sum(a>b)

it just doesn't work like this

any workaround

postgres 7.0 on linux

thanks

olaf
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sum(bool)?

From

Daniel Wickstrom

Date:

23 February 2001, 13:59:04

>>>>> "Olaf" == Olaf Zanger <olaf.zanger@soli-con.com> writes:
   Olaf> hi there i'd like to add up the "true" values of a   Olaf> comparison like
   Olaf> sum(a>b)
   Olaf> it just doesn't work like this
   Olaf> any workaround

Try using a case statement:

select sum(case when  a > b then 1 else 0 end) ....


-Dan

Re: sum(bool)?

From

Tod McQuillin

Date:

23 February 2001, 14:02:45

On Fri, 23 Feb 2001, Olaf Zanger wrote:

> i'd like to add up the "true" values of a comparison like
>
> sum(a>b)
>
> it just doesn't work like this

Try
sum(case when a>b then 1 else 0 end)
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Tod McQuillin

Re: sum(bool)?

From

Peter Eisentraut

Date:

23 February 2001, 14:13:57

Olaf Zanger writes:

> i'd like to add up the "true" values of a comparison like
>
> sum(a>b)

sum(case when a>b then 1 else 0 end)

of maybe even just

select count(*) from table where a>b;

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Re: sum(bool)?

From

Olaf Zanger

Date:

23 February 2001, 14:14:03

hi there,

soooo cool, 
this works streight away and took 5 min. waiting for a answer :-)

thanks very much to you tod personal and the mailing list for existence.

Olaf

Tod McQuillin schrieb:
> 
> On Fri, 23 Feb 2001, Olaf Zanger wrote:
> 
> > i'd like to add up the "true" values of a comparison like
> >
> > sum(a>b)
> >
> > it just doesn't work like this
> 
> Try
> 
>  sum(case when a>b then 1 else 0 end)
> --
> Tod McQuillin

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Re: sum(bool)?

From

Andrew Perrin

Date:

23 February 2001, 14:51:26

Or how about just:

SELECT count(*) FROM tablename WHERE a > b;

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On Fri, 23 Feb 2001, Daniel Wickstrom wrote:

> >>>>> "Olaf" == Olaf Zanger <olaf.zanger@soli-con.com> writes:
> 
>     Olaf> hi there i'd like to add up the "true" values of a
>     Olaf> comparison like
> 
>     Olaf> sum(a>b)
> 
>     Olaf> it just doesn't work like this
> 
>     Olaf> any workaround
> 
> Try using a case statement:
> 
> select sum(case when  a > b then 1 else 0 end) ....
> 
> 
> -Dan
>