Re: Bug?

Looks like it works as it should. The count(*) function is returning the number of records
in each group by condition, or '1' for each row. The count(*) does not return the total
number of rows returned by the query.

Dwayne

Martín Marqués wrote:

> What's wrong with this query that used to work great:
>
> webunl=> SELECT DISTINCT count(*),id_curso AS LINK,titulo AS
> TITULO_CARRERA,admin_view_facultades.nombre AS FACULTAD,
> webunl-> duracion/12 AS DURACION FROM admin_view, admin_view_facultades
> webunl-> WHERE admin_view_facultades.id_carrera=admin_view.id_curso
> webunl-> GROUP BY id_curso,titulo,admin_view_facultades.nombre,duracion/12
> webunl-> ORDER BY id_curso ASC LIMIT 20 OFFSET 0 ;
> count | link | titulo_carrera | facultad
> | duracion
> -------+------+-----------------------------+--------------------------------+----------
> 1 | 1 | Ingenieria en informatica | Facultad de Ingenier<ED>a
> Qu<ED>mica | 4
> 1 | 2 | Licenciatura en Matematicas | Facultad de Ingenier<ED>a
> Qu<ED>mica | 4
> (2 rows)
>
> webunl=>
>
> As you can see count(*) is 1, even seeing 2 rows selected. What's wrong?
> All that chenged is that I recompiled postgreSQL 7.1.2 with the patch from
> the rewriteHandler.c file.
>
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