Michelle, Tuesday, December 03, 2002, 2:27:00 PM, you wrote: MdB> I have a column containing headlines. In this column MdB> there are some duplicates, like this: MdB> ----------- MdB> monsters MdB> headline1 MdB> monsters MdB> halloween MdB> monsters MdB> halloween MdB> ... MdB> ----------
MdB> How can I get a result like this instead? MdB> HEADLINE | HITS MdB> ----------------------- MdB> monsters | 3 MdB> halloween | 2 MdB> headline1 | 1 MdB> ----------------------- SELECT headline, COUNT(*) as hits FROM table_name GROUP BY headline -- For technical support contracts, goto https://order.mysql.com/?ref=ensita This email is sponsored by Ensita.net http://www.ensita.net/ __ ___ ___ ____ __ / |/ /_ __/ __/ __ \/ / Victoria Reznichenko / /|_/ / // /\ \/ /_/ / /__ [EMAIL PROTECTED] /_/ /_/\_, /___/\___\_\___/ MySQL AB / Ensita.net <___/ www.mysql.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