On Tue, 2002-12-31 at 14:53, Steve Vernon wrote: > Hiya, > I have a database about projects in a company, they all have a start > year and end year. If the projects have not ended then they get a end year > of 0000. I have made a SQL command, given a year, works out with projects > are running in that year. > > The company I am doing this for, wants basically a drop down box which > says (1950- 8 Projects) and such like. Now with the current command I have > it would mean 92or so SQL commands as the company has records back to 1910. > > Is there a way to do this in one command? I have searched all the > mannual and I can work out something similair to a for loop in SQL. Would > variables help? >
Hi Steve, You want to use "select .... group by", something like: select start_year, count(*) from projects group by start_year; == Martin --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
