Re: SQL Question - Using Group By

From: Alban Hertroys <alban(at)magproductions(dot)nl>
To: "ksherlock(at)gmail(dot)com" <ksherlock(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: SQL Question - Using Group By
Date: 2007-02-26 09:52:18
Message-ID: 45E2ADD2.4070100@magproductions.nl
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ksherlock(at)gmail(dot)com wrote:
> You could use COUNT() in conjunction with NULLIF:
>
> select "Type",
> count(nullif("Active", false)) as "Active Count",
> count(nullif("Active", true)) as "Inactive Count",
> 100 * count(nullif("Active", false)) / count(*) as "Active Percent"
> from table_name group by "Type"

Tom Lane suggested me to use sum("Active"::int) in a similar situation;
Except that I had boolean expressions instead of values. It is a bit
faster; IMO readability is just "different".

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