Okay, I answered my own question and used this: <cfquery datasource="#datasource#" name="WebPollResults"> SELECT count(#QuestionName#) as totalper,#QuestionName# as Answer FROM tblwebpolls WHERE #QuestionName# IS NOT NULL AND #QuestionName# <> '' GROUP BY #QuestionName# ORDER BY #QuestionName# ASC </cfquery>
Brook At 05:35 PM 12/13/2002 -0800, you wrote: >I trying to write some SQL that will efficiently return information to >create a web poll results graph. The database has 1 field, "pollresponse", >which will contain 1 of 3 possible answers. I have these answers, and can >use them in the query if necessary. > >How can I query this table and find out 1) the total number of submission >where the field is not empty, 2) the number of votes for any of the 3 >possible responses. > >Is there some way I can do this with one query? If there is, I can't find >it... Thanks for the assist! > >Brook > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm