RE: COUNT doesn't shows items with 0 occurrance

Giorgio,

Sounds like (but correct me if I'm wrong) you have a table like:

pieces
--------
hammer
nails
hammer
screws
ruler

If you do a select count(*) on this table and include a group by,
it's just going to give you the statisitcs

hammer 2
nails 1
screws 1
ruler 1

So I'm not really sure what you're asking. Maybe you could give
an example of what is in your table and what you are trying to
get out?

-Robby

-----Original Message-----
From: pgsql-novice-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org
[mailto:pgsql-novice-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org]On Behalf Of Giorgio A.
Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2001 10:01 AM
To: pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: [NOVICE] COUNT doesn't shows items with 0 occurrance

hi all,
i have this little problem: when i do a

SELECT COUNT (*) AS number, pieces
FROM hardware
GROUP BY pieces

if a pieces has 'number = 0' it's not shown in the result report ... how can
i fix this, having as a result the whole list of my hardware pieces ?

tnx !

have a nice day

Giorgio A.

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