i want to know what i can use to count the number of times a value appears in a column
listing where different values are listed. for example, say in the column of Favorite
Number we have 100 students, and for each student his or her own row. and each student
can pick a number from 1-10. So, we
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Subject: [PHP-DB] counting a value
i want to know what i can use to count the number of times a value appears
in a column listing where different values are listed. for example, say
js typed this on 01/30/2004 10:07 AM:
i want to know what i can use to count the number of times a value
appears in a column listing where different values are listed. for
example, say in the column of Favorite Number we have 100 students,
and for each student his or her own row. and each student
SELECT favourite_nb, COUNT(*) AS tally
FROM mytable
GROUP BY favourite_nb
HTH
Ignatius
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From: js [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Friday, January 30, 2004 19:07
Subject: [PHP-DB] counting a value
i want to know what i can use
p.s.- im using PHP with MySQL... if that helps any. thanks
i want to know what i can use to count the number of times a value appears in a column
listing where different values are listed. for example, say in the column of Favorite
Number we have 100 students, and for each student his or her own
select count(FavNum) as Favorite where FavNum = 2;
On Fri January 30 2004 8:19 pm, js wrote:
p.s.- im using PHP with MySQL... if that helps any. thanks
i want to know what i can use to count the number of times a value appears
in a column listing where different values are listed. for
js wrote:
p.s.- im using PHP with MySQL... if that helps any. thanks i want to
know what i can use to count the number of times a value appears in a
column listing where different values are listed. for example, say in
the column of Favorite Number we have 100 students, and for each
student his
