select u.name, sum(p.id) from usertable u, posts p where u.userid = p.poster group by u.name order by 2 desc
//chris www.mydba2000.com >From: "Laban" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Query >Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2002 02:18:27 +0100 > >Hi > >I need a query that counts the number of posts each user have made in my >forum and then sort the userlist by that. How? > >table posts >id, int (post id) >thread, int (which forum the post belong to) >poster, int (Who posted. ID from users table) >string, text (post text) >category, int (forum category) >timestamp, int (timestamp) > >SELECT poster, COUNT(*) AS num FROM posts GROUP BY poster ORDER BY num >DESC; >this showes how many posts each user has, sorted by the number of posts. >Most posts come first. > >Now, how do I implent this in the following query? >SELECT * FROM users ORDER BY ????????????? > >"poster" is the ID from the user table. > >//Laban > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >Before posting, please check: > http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) > http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) > >To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To unsubscribe, e-mail ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php > _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
