SELECT Unit,COUNT(Unit) as quantity FROM TABLE GROUP BY Unit

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Fecha: Jueves, Agosto 7, 2003 3:52pm 
Asunto: Re: [PHP-DB] Breaking down a table field.... 

>Next question.... 
>How can I show how many of each there were? 
>SO now I have  
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>breafast 
>lunch 
>dinner 
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>I want to have 
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>breafast        2 
>lunch           3 
>dinner          3 
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>etc... 
>is that just as easy? 
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>SELECT DISTINCT(Unit) from TABLE_NAME; 
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>                     08/07/2003 09:37 AM         Subject:  [PHP-DB]  
>Breaking down a table field....  
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>I have a table, wth many entries. 
>Each entry has been asigned a unit to belong to. 
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>I want to list all the units dynamically. 
>How can I display all the units, without displaying each instance of  
>theunit? 
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>EG: 
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>Unit                    item 
>breakfast               cereal 
>breakfast               toast 
>lunch                   salad 
>lunch                   sandwich 
>dinner                  steak 
>dinner                  pie 
>lunch                   soup 
>dinner                  lasagne 
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>and so on.. 
>I'd wanna get a list of: 
>breafast 
>lunch 
>dinner 
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>not several instances of each... 
>how can I do this? 
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