Re: count(boolean)

From: Jean-Luc Lachance <jllachan(at)nsd(dot)ca>
To: Dan MacNeil <dan(at)ltc(dot)org>
Cc: pgsql-sql <pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: count(boolean)
Date: 2002-05-20 15:08:47
Message-ID: 3CE9117F.183B58EE@nsd.ca
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Dan,

Try:

SELECT
question_id AS id,
count( case when value then 1 else 0 end) as count_true,
count( case when value then 0 else 1 end) as count_false
FROM
answers_boolean
GROUP BY
question_id;

jll

Dan MacNeil wrote:
>
> I have a table answers_boolean:
>
> question_id | integer | not null
> evaluation_id | integer | not null
> value | boolean |
>
> I'd like output in the form:
>
> question_id, count_true, count_false
>
> ....where count_true is the number of questions answered "true"
>
> SELECT
> question_id AS id, value AS val , count(value) AS cnt
> FROM
> answers_boolean
> GROUP BY
> question_id,value;
>
> gives me:
> id | val | cnt
> ----+-----+-----
> 2 | f | 3
> 2 | t | 3
> 3 | f | 2
> 3 | t | 4
>
> ...which is sorta what I want.
>
> I've looked through the docs & archive but haven't found the answer.
>
> TIA
>
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