ok sorry I must have missed that in the original post.
On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 12:58 AM, Mike Chabot <[email protected]> wrote: > > If someone is in office with a range of 2004 - 2006, the year 2005 > does not appear in the SQL results, yet 2005 needs to be grouped on. > You can't group on a value that doesn't exist. There is no year column > in the output to group on, only a start date and an end date. > > -Mike Chabot > > On Sun, Sep 26, 2010 at 4:02 PM, Russ Michaels <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > Mike, > > > > why do you would you need to know the exact years to use grouped output? > > This is not how it works. > > Grouped output simply groups the output by the defined column > > So if you group ny year, it will output all records with the same year > > together allowing you to then separate the output, add headings etc. > > > > > > On Sun, Sep 26, 2010 at 4:34 PM, Mike Chabot <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> > >> The grouped output doesn't work because the exact years are not known > >> in the query output. Only the date range is known. > >> > >> -Mike Chabot > >> > >> On Sun, Sep 26, 2010 at 5:20 AM, Russ Michaels <[email protected]> > >> wrote: > >> > > >> > did the grouped cfoutpout not work for you then ? > >> > > >> > On Sun, Sep 26, 2010 at 4:55 AM, GLM <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > > >> >> > >> >> Mike thanks for the lead. It had crossed my mind to build a numbers > >> table > >> >> but I didn't think it would work. (I've never used them myself.) > >> >> > >> >> I thought that it was somewhat excessive as there would have to be at > >> least > >> >> 365x220 rows (over 80,000). In the examples I gave I think one row > per > >> year > >> >> (220) would be more than good enough but there are numerous > exceptions > >> >> (people dying in office, getting nominated to higher office, etc...) > >> >> > >> >> I'll give it a shot. > >> >> > >> >> Thx > >> >> > >> >> -----Original Message----- > >> >> From: Mike Chabot [mailto:[email protected]] > >> >> Sent: Saturday, September 25, 2010 10:50 PM > >> >> To: cf-talk > >> >> Subject: Re: cfoutput or cfloop? which is the more practical solution > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> You can do this in SQL, although the methods I can think of involve > >> >> advanced techniques so I hesitate to recommend them based on your > >> >> stated SQL experience. One technique involves joining to a "numbers > >> >> table" which will transform the start and end dates into one row per > >> >> year. > >> >> > >> >> You can use the cfloop technique in your first post. It should get > the > >> >> job done. It isn't the fastest method, but it could be fast enough. > >> >> One alternative to consider would be to have one big database query, > >> >> then loop over the one query once and build up an array or a > structure > >> >> containing the data you want to output, then cfoutput the array or > >> >> structure. > >> >> > >> >> -Mike Chabot > >> >> > >> >> On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 10:28 PM, GLM <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> > > >> >> > Thanks Mike, > >> >> > > >> >> > I'm not a SQL expert but I don't see how. I can do something with > >> >> particular > >> >> > fields such as the year the person was elected (governorDateStart) > or > >> >> when > >> >> > the person left office governorDateEnd > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > SELECT > >> >> > governorParty, > >> >> > COUNT(governorState), > >> >> > governorDateStart > >> >> > WHERE gender=female > >> >> > > >> >> > FROM > >> >> > governors > >> >> > > >> >> > GROUP BY governorParty, governorDateStart > >> >> > > >> >> > And get something along the line of: > >> >> > > >> >> > 2001 - Republican - 2 > >> >> > 2002 - Republican - 1 > >> >> > 2003 - Democratic - 3 > >> >> > 2003 - Republican - 1 > >> >> > 2004 - Democratic - 1 > >> >> > 2004 - Republican - 1 > >> >> > 2005 - Democratic - 1 > >> >> > 2006 - Republican - 1 > >> >> > 2009 - Democratic - 1 > >> >> > 2009 - Republican - 1 > >> >> > > >> >> > But what's desired is: how many are in office at a particular time. > >> >> > For instance: > >> >> > list the governors in 1889; > >> >> > list the number of female governors in 2005 > >> >> > > >> >> > thx > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > -----Original Message----- > >> >> > From: Mike Chabot [mailto:[email protected]] > >> >> > Sent: Friday, September 24, 2010 7:35 PM > >> >> > To: cf-talk > >> >> > Subject: Re: cfoutput or cfloop? which is the more practical > solution > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > Are you able to craft a query that will return the results you need > >> >> > without ColdFusion having to do any extra parsing of it? That is > the > >> >> > first thing I would try. In your brief example it seems like that > >> >> > would be solved using a GROUP BY statement in the query. > >> >> > > >> >> > -Mike Chabot > >> >> > > >> >> > On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 7:23 PM, GLM <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> >> > >> >> >> I have a database with presidents, governors, etc. and need to be > >> able > >> >> to > >> >> >> pull out information such as: > >> >> >> > >> >> >> > >> >> >> > >> >> >> Get the number of all female governors over the years and spit out > >> >> > something > >> >> >> on the order of: > >> >> >> > >> >> >> > >> >> >> > >> >> >> 1789 : 0 > >> >> >> > >> >> >> 1790 : 0 > >> >> >> > >> >> >> . > >> >> >> > >> >> >> 2005 : 10 > >> >> >> > >> >> >> . > >> >> >> > >> >> >> 2010 : 6 > >> >> >> > >> >> >> > >> >> >> > >> >> >> The database has dateStarted, dateEnded > >> >> >> > >> >> >> > >> >> >> > >> >> >> I can loop through this [SIMPLIFIED CODE] > >> >> >> > >> >> >> > >> >> >> > >> >> >> <cfloop> > >> >> >> > >> >> >> <cfquery> > >> >> >> > >> >> >> SELECT > >> >> >> > >> >> >> FROM > >> >> >> > >> >> >> WHERE year == #desiredYear# > >> >> >> > >> >> >> > >> >> >> > >> >> >> </cfquery> > >> >> >> > >> >> >> </cfloop> > >> >> >> > >> >> >> > >> >> >> > >> >> >> This seems like a foolish way to do this. Is there a better way to > do > >> >> it? > >> >> > Is > >> >> >> it better to make one query and then use CF to parse it > >> >> >> > >> >> >> > >> >> >> > >> >> >> > >> >> >> > >> >> >> > >> >> >> > >> >> >> > >> >> >> > >> >> >> > >> >> >> > >> >> >> > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> > > >> > > >> > >> > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:337570 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
