Re: How to get a count() where column < ''?

From: Joost Kraaijeveld <J(dot)Kraaijeveld(at)Askesis(dot)nl>
To: Stephan Szabo <sszabo(at)megazone(dot)bigpanda(dot)com>
Cc: "Pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org" <Pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: How to get a count() where column < ''?
Date: 2005-12-04 21:43:16
Message-ID: 1133732596.5560.11.camel@Panoramix
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Hi Stephan,

On Sun, 2005-12-04 at 13:33 -0800, Stephan Szabo wrote:
> > SELECT COUNT(customers.objectid) FROM prototype.customers,
> > prototype.addresses
> > WHERE
> > customers.contactaddress = addresses.objectid
> > AND
> > zipCode < '2716BN'
> > ORDER By zipCode, houseNumber

> In a non-grouped query like the above, I don't think that the order by is
> meaningful. You only get one row back anyway without a group by, and
> there's no single zipCode or houseNumber to associate with the row.
>
What do you mean by a non-grouped query? The query below gives the same
error:

SELECT zipcode, COUNT(*) FROM prototype.customers, prototype.addresses
WHERE
customers.contactaddress = addresses.objectid
AND
zipCode < '2716BN'

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