select distinct(headlines), count(headlines) from table group by headlines
-----Original Message----- From: David Shapiro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2002 8:40 AM To: 'Michelle de Beer'; mysql list Subject: RE: Select and count duplicates Run this query as rs1: select distinct scary_words from monsters_table; String word; String query; Int count; while rs1.next() { word = rs1.getString(); // Run this sql query as rs2 query = 'select count(*) from monster_table where scary_words="' + word + '"'; . . . while rs2.next() { // display your results (i.e., word count) Use it to count them: for select count(*) -----Original Message----- From: Michelle de Beer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2002 7:27 AM To: mysql list Subject: Select and count duplicates I have a column containing headlines. In this column there are some duplicates, like this: ----------- monsters headline1 monsters halloween monsters halloween ... ---------- How can I get a result like this instead? HEADLINE | HITS ----------------------- monsters | 3 halloween | 2 headline1 | 1 ----------------------- Any thoughts? // Michelle <Sql query> __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.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 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
