Use COUNT(): SELECT COUNT( id ) FROM test WHERE LEFT( id, 5 ) = '12345' GROUP BY value;
Wes On Tue, 21 Sep 2004 00:24:33 +0200, Alexander Newald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > I like to get the number of lines returned by a select ... group by query: > > Example: > > SELECT id FROM test WHERE LEFT(id,5) = "12345" GROUP BY value; > > Perhaps I will get > > +-----------+ > | id | > +-----------+ > | 2 | > | 1 | > | 5 | > +-----------+ > 3 rows in set (0.02 sec) > > But I like to simply get 3 > > As I use mySQL 3.x and can't change it for now I'm not able to use > "FOUND_ROWS()" > > Thanks, > > Alexander Newald > > -- > MySQL General Mailing List > For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql > To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
