Oops...apologies...my mistake =)
*blush*
P
On Fri, 23 Feb 2001, Fred van Engen wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 23, 2001 at 08:13:20PM +0900, Sam Joseph wrote:
> >
> > however on the MySQL versions I currently have access to (3.22.32 &
> > 3.22.34) I get this:
> >
> > mysql> select COUNT(DISTINCT SOME_COLUMN) from SOME_TABLE;
> > ERROR 1064: You have an error in your SQL syntax near 'DISTINCT
> > SOME_COLUMN) from SOME_TABLE' at line 1
> >
>
>
> > I am assuming that either this function is not available or that it is a
> >
> > bug that has been fixed in a later release (or is on a todo list
> > somewhere).
> >
>
> It is a new feature of 3.23.xx. It wasn't supported in 3.22.x and not
> described in the 3.22.x manual either.
>
> You'll need to upgrade to 3.23.x if you really want it. You can try
> to use a SELECT COUNT(*) FROM SOME_TABLE GROUP BY SOME_COLUMN.
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Fred.
>
>
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