On 11/12/08, baxy77bax <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > hi, > my question is: Is there a way to count the number of specific data in the > column of a table, for example: > > let say i have a table like this: > numbers > 1 > 2 > 2 > 3 > 4 > 4 > 4 > ... > and i would like to report my data in form: > numbers | count > 1 | 1 > 2 | 2 > 3 | 1 > 4 | 3 > ...
SQLite version 3.5.9 Enter ".help" for instructions sqlite> create table foo (a); sqlite> insert into foo values (1); sqlite> insert into foo values (2); sqlite> insert into foo values (2); sqlite> insert into foo values (3); sqlite> insert into foo values (4); sqlite> insert into foo values (4); sqlite> insert into foo values (4); sqlite> select * from foo; 1 2 2 3 4 4 4 sqlite> select a, count(a) from foo; 4|7 sqlite> select a, count(a) from foo group by a; 1|1 2|2 3|1 4|3 sqlite> > > so far i have been doing this by using sql count function and looping it > through perl , but now i'm looking for a faster way to do this, so if > anybody has an idea ... > thank you! > > -- > View this message in context: > http://www.nabble.com/count-duplicates-in-the-table-coloumn-tp20467510p20467510.html > Sent from the SQLite mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > _______________________________________________ > sqlite-users mailing list > sqlite-users@sqlite.org > http://sqlite.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users > -- Puneet Kishor http://punkish.eidesis.org/ Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies http://www.nelson.wisc.edu/ Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo) http://www.osgeo.org/ _______________________________________________ sqlite-users mailing list sqlite-users@sqlite.org http://sqlite.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users
