I finally did get Express to give me the results I wanted... Here's the solution the Query Builder gave:
Select Count(*) as Expr2, Book_Genre from Books Group By Book_Genre Order By Book_Genre Seems strange to require an unneeded aggregate function... Rick -----Original Message----- From: Rick Faircloth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 13, 2006 12:43 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: Group By function for MS SQL Server Express 2005? Ok...I had read a message that mentioned the aggregate function requirement...but how would I write my example query to include an (unneeded?) aggregate function? (And why would there be an aggregate requirement anyway?) Query (MySQL version): Select * from books group by genre -----Original Message----- From: Alan Rother [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 13, 2006 12:31 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Group By function for MS SQL Server Express 2005? Here is a simple example using the Northwind database in SQL Server The key to the GROUP BY clause is that is needs to be used in aggregate functions SELECT COUNT(P.ProductID) AS ItemTotal, C.CategoryName FROM Products AS P INNER JOIN Categories AS C ON P.CategoryID = C.CategoryID GROUP BY P.CategoryID, C.CategoryName ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:243365 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
