Re: count(1) return 0?

From: Zak McGregor <zak(at)mighty(dot)co(dot)za>
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: count(1) return 0?
Date: 2004-03-01 02:28:31
Message-ID: 20040301042831.7fd8f4ec.zak@mighty.co.za
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On Mon, 01 Mar 2004 13:12:12 +1100
Klint Gore <kg(at)kgb(dot)une(dot)edu(dot)au> wrote:

> The counting and grouping is done after the where clause is applied.
>
> since player iplaybadly (who was 1200's opponent) didnt win any, he/she
> is not included in the result set to be grouped and counted. You need
> to get iplaybadly into the result set first.
>
> try something like
>
> select fixture, home, sum(case winner=home then 1 else 0 end)
> >from results
> group by fixture, home

Ah, thanks, works a charm.

Thanks too to all who offered help on this one.

Ciao

Zak

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