Re: SUM value like 10,23,15,10

2010-08-24 Thread Johan De Meersman
The proper way to do this would indeed be a separate table that has (itemID, property, value) or something like that. On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 4:04 PM, Tompkins Neil wrote: > The application is still being developed, so I will probably look at > storing it in separate tables so that it can easi

Re: SUM value like 10,23,15,10

2010-08-24 Thread Tompkins Neil
The application is still being developed, so I will probably look at storing it in separate tables so that it can easily be computed. On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 3:01 PM, Johan De Meersman wrote: > Then you're pretty much on your own, I'm afraid. Not a very good way to > store data :-) > > You could

Re: SUM value like 10,23,15,10

2010-08-24 Thread Johan De Meersman
Then you're pretty much on your own, I'm afraid. Not a very good way to store data :-) You could maybe build a stored procedure, or do it in the app; but it's gonna be code either way. On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 3:58 PM, Tompkins Neil wrote: > Yeah these values are held with a varchar field. > > >

Re: SUM value like 10,23,15,10

2010-08-24 Thread Tompkins Neil
Yeah these values are held with a varchar field. On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 2:56 PM, Johan De Meersman wrote: > If you're looking at the string "10,23,15,10" in a single field, you'll > have to do it the hard way. If you have an int field, and four rows with > those values, you can do a group by th

Re: SUM value like 10,23,15,10

2010-08-24 Thread Johan De Meersman
If you're looking at the string "10,23,15,10" in a single field, you'll have to do it the hard way. If you have an int field, and four rows with those values, you can do a group by that field and select the count() of it. On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 3:53 PM, Tompkins Neil wrote: > Hi > > In MySQL is

SUM value like 10,23,15,10

2010-08-24 Thread Tompkins Neil
Hi In MySQL is it possible to SUM a field which contains like 10,23,15,10. The result I'd be looking for is 10 = count of 2 23 = count of 1 15 = count of 1 Cheers Neil