On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 08:45:49AM -0700, Danny scratched on the wall:
> Hello
>
> I have a table with a primary key consisting of three columns: Book,
> Chapter, Verse.
>
> I'd like to produce a results set that contains 1 row for each chapter of
> each book, showing the total verses in that chapter.
>
> I know enough SQL to know I can get the total number of verses in a chapter
> of a book with
>
> SELECT COUNT(VERSE) AS TOT_VERSES WHERE BOOK = 1 AND CHAPTER = 1
>
> ... but not enough to produce the following ...
>
> BOOK CHAPTER TOT_VERSES
> 1 1 31
> 1 2 22
> 1 3 99 ETC., ETC.
SELECT book, chapter, count(verse) AS total_verses
FROM scripture
GROUP BY 1, 2;
-j
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Jay A. Kreibich < J A Y @ K R E I B I.C H >
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