I don't know about the archives but is this the email you were talking about?
________________________________ From: daniel kessler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tue 7/12/2005 2:28 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Spam:Re: query sum or group by oh thank you thank you thank you and I really mean it this time - thank you. I am so sick of seeing that error. This puts me back to just trying ot figure the functionality. yes! oh man, thanks. >Here's the rule. It's pretty simple. > >You can not select aggregate function (sum, count, max, min, etc) >columns and regular columns without using group by. Every column in >the select statement must either have an aggregate function, or must >be in the group by clause. What you're trying to do above will work if >you add food_item and pkg_size to the group by, and total the gs_price >column. > >On 7/12/05, daniel kessler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >I'm a bit confused as to what you're trying to count and total. It >looks to me like you're now doing a count and price by item, whereas >before you wanted a grand total. IF you want a count and price by >item, you'd just do: > >SELECT itemname, SUM(pricecolumn) as totalpricebyitem, COUNT(itemid) >AS countbyitem >FROM yourtables >group by itemname >On 7/12/05, daniel kessler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I'm sorry. I didn't mean to confuse. It's a very similar query as the first one, but it is a different query. You're right, except I'm not doing a SUM on the price per item. I'm just trying to find out how many orange juices there are at whatever price they're at. I tried adjusting yours and mine to this: SELECT s.food_item,s.pkg_size,s.gs_price, COUNT(p.food_store_id) AS item_total FROM fsnep_food_store_purchases p, fsnep_food_store s WHERE p.food_store_id = s.food_store_id AND p.gi_id = #cookie.fsnep_bargain_hunt_gi_id# GROUP BY s.food_item but I receive the same error that I always receive, "not a GROUP BY expression" and I never know why it's not a valid groupby expression. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:218489 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
