Re: COUNT DISTINCT

From: Andrew McMillan <Andrew(at)catalyst(dot)net(dot)nz>
To: Eric Jain <jain(at)gmx(dot)net>
Cc: PostgreSQL General <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: COUNT DISTINCT
Date: 2000-07-15 09:51:14
Message-ID: 39703412.5463D952@catalyst.net.nz
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Eric Jain wrote:
>
> SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT url, id) FROM log;
> ERROR: Aggregate functions may only have one parameter
>
> SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT ON (url, id)) FROM log;
> ERROR: parser: parse error at or near "on"
>
> Any ideas how do I get this done properly?

SELECT count( DISTINCT(url,id) ) FROM log;

Seems to work for me...

Well, actually:
advert=# select count( distinct ( redirect_from ) ) from redirect;
count
-------
1980
(1 row)

rather than:

advert=# select count( redirect_from ) from redirect;
count
-------
4211
(1 row)

Cheers,
Andrew.
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