select word, count(word) as c from tablename group by word order by c
desc
On Thu, 19 Apr 2001, Graham Nichols wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a list of words entered into a search engine held in a database. I
> wish to be able to select the top 10 words held in the database. I've
> fiddled around with ORDER DESC, DISTINCT and LIMIT etc but I can't hit upon
> the SQL syntax to obtain the correct result. Can someone please shine a
> light on my dim brain? The words are held in the dtaabase column 'word'. I'm
> having a really 'dumb' day today :-(
>
> Thanks, Graham
>
>
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