I believe you are missing a + in the COUNT(*) statement, right after the ''
--- Thomas Eldred <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Can someone help me figure out what I am doing wrong? Am attempting to create > three views to gather some aggregate information and then union them into > one. > > Using the code below, It shows no errors in R:Style, but I get an illegal > collumn specification error when running. > > Here is the code, and thank you > > CREATE VIEW electcommrben + > (typecount, employtype, + > avgchair, avgvc,avgmem, avgcommr, minboard, + > maxboard, avgboard) + > AS SELECT + > COUNT(*),(t1.selectionmethod+' ' t1.service) , + > AVERAGE(chairmansalary) , + > AVERAGE(vicechairsalary) , + > AVERAGE(membersalary) > ,AVERAGE((chairmansalary+vicechairsalary+membersalary)/3), + > MIN(chairmansalary+vicechairsalary+membersalary), + > MAXIMUM(chairmansalary+vicechairsalary+membersalary), + > AVERAGE(chairmansalary+vicechairsalary+membersalary) + > FROM miscommrs t1 WHERE mcyear = 2002 AND selectionmethod = 'elected' AND > service = 'Part time' > > > CREATE VIEW apptpartben + > (typecount, employtype, + > avgchair, avgvc,avgmem, avgcommr, minboard, + > maxboard, avgboard) + > AS SELECT + > COUNT(*),(t1.selectionmethod+' ' t1.service) , + > AVERAGE(chairmansalary) , + > AVERAGE(vicechairsalary) , + > AVERAGE(membersalary) , + > AVERAGE((chairmansalary+vicechairsalary+membersalary)/3), + > MIN(chairmansalary+vicechairsalary+membersalary), + > MAXIMUM(chairmansalary+vicechairsalary+membersalary), + > AVERAGE(chairmansalary+vicechairsalary+membersalary) + > FROM miscommrs t1 WHERE mcyear = 2002 AND selectionmethod = 'appointed' AND > service = 'Part time' > > CREATE VIEW apptfullben + > (typecount, employtype, + > avgchair, avgvc,avgmem, avgcommr, minboard, + > maxboard, avgboard) + > AS SELECT + > COUNT(*),(t1.selectionmethod+' ' t1.service) , + > AVERAGE(chairmansalary) , + > AVERAGE(vicechairsalary) , + > AVERAGE(membersalary) , + > AVERAGE((chairmansalary+vicechairsalary+membersalary)/3), + > MIN(chairmansalary+vicechairsalary+membersalary), + > MAXIMUM(chairmansalary+vicechairsalary+membersalary),AVERAGE(chairmansalary+vicechairsalary+membersalary) > + > FROM miscommrs t1 WHERE mcyear = 2002 AND selectionmethod = 'appointed' AND > service = 'Full time' > > CREATE VIEW apptcommrben + > AS SELECT * FROM apptpartben + > UNION + > SELECT * FROM apptfullben > > CREATE VIEW commrbenes + > AS SELECT * FROM electcommrben + > UNION + > SELECT * FROM apptcommrbenes > RETURN ===== Albert Berry Management Consultant RR2 - 1252 Ponderosa Drive Sparwood BC, V0B 2G2 Canada (250) 425-5806 (250) 425-7259 (708) 575-3952 (fax) [EMAIL PROTECTED]
