Hi John,
> O.K. you SQL gurus-- > > I have a difficult query for you that has me stumped. The table has two > columns: rowID (MEDIUMINT-but *NOT* AUTO_INCREMENT) and theDate (DATETIME). > I need it to find: > > 1. The COUNT of REPEATED instances of the rowID in the last month. > > - so if there are 5 rows with the same rowID in the last month, it would > return "4" (I can only seem to get it to return "10" WHERE t1.rowID = > t2.rowID AND t1.theDate > t1.theDate) Dunno if it works for you ... but: why not simply do a COUNT(ROWID) grouped by ROWID and TheDate month and subtract 1 from the count? With regards, Martijn Tonies Database Workbench - developer tool for InterBase, Firebird, MySQL & MS SQL Server. Upscene Productions http://www.upscene.com > 2. The AVERAGE number of REPEATED instances of the rowID per week (Monday > 00:00:00 through Monday 00:00:00 one week later) in the last month. > > If I need to add table columns I certainly can. > > THANKS! > > - John > > > -- > MySQL General Mailing List > For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql > To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]