| From: | Martín Marqués <martin(at)bugs(dot)unl(dot)edu(dot)ar> |
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| To: | pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Cc: | peter pilsl <pilsl(at)goldfisch(dot)at> |
| Subject: | Re: count( only if true) |
| Date: | 2005-10-12 19:19:09 |
| Message-ID: | 200510121619.09942.martin@bugs.unl.edu.ar |
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El Mié 12 Oct 2005 15:42, peter pilsl escribió:
> the count-aggreate counts every expression that does not evaluate to null.
>
> I would like to have a count that counts all values that are true.
>
> Do I really need to make a count( case when expression then 't' else
> null) to implement this?
I'm not sure what exactly it is you want, but check this:
SELECT count(*) FROM tab WHERE expresion
There you get a count of tuples that satisfy the expresion. What NULL values
are you talking about? Can you hand an example?
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