Hi,
Woh ! This is very strange. Any ideas ?
mysql> SELECT * FROM Table2;
+------------+-------------+-----------+
| date | no_of_items | table1_id |
+------------+-------------+-----------+
| 2001-02-04 | 3 | 1 |
| 2001-02-05 | 2 | 1 |
| 2001-02-06 | 2 | 1 |
| 2001-02-04 | 2 | 2 |
| 2001-02-06 | 1 | 2 |
+------------+-------------+-----------+
5 rows in set (0.04 sec)
mysql> SELECT COUNT(date) FROM Table2;
+-------------+
| COUNT(date) |
+-------------+
| 5 |
+-------------+
1 row in set (0.02 sec)
mysql> SELECT DISTINCT date FROM Table2;
+------------+
| date |
+------------+
| 2001-02-04 |
| 2001-02-05 |
| 2001-02-06 |
+------------+
3 rows in set (0.03 sec)
mysql> SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT date) FROM Table2;
ERROR 1064: You have an error in your SQL syntax near
'DISTINCT date) FROM Table2' at line 1
mysql> SELECT COUNT (DISTINCT date) FROM Table2;
ERROR 1064: You have an error in your SQL syntax near
'(DISTINCT date) FROM Table2' at line 1
mysql> SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT 'date') FROM Table2;
ERROR 1064: You have an error in your SQL syntax near
'DISTINCT 'date') FROM Table2' at line 1
FYI:
./mysql Ver 9.38 Distrib 3.22.32, for sun-solaris2.7
(sparc)
Kind Regards,
-- Frank
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