#32155: Count() by default uses group by
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Reporter: Sukhinder | Owner: nobody
Mann |
Type: | Status: new
Uncategorized |
Component: Database | Version: 2.2
layer (models, ORM) |
Severity: Normal | Keywords:
Triage Stage: | Has patch: 0
Unreviewed |
Needs documentation: 0 | Needs tests: 0
Patch needs improvement: 0 | Easy pickings: 0
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I am trying to use Count() with Case to find out multiple conditional
counts, and count keeps using `id` as default group by. I don't want it to
use `GROUP BY` by default.
{{{#!python
Staff.objects.filter(department__id__in=[2,3]).annotate(
number_of_managers_in_UK=Sum(
Case(
When(position="MANAGER", location="UK", then=1),
output_field=IntegerField(),
)
),
number_of_directors_in_USA=Sum(
Case(
When(position="DIRECTOR", location="USA", then=1),
output_field=IntegerField(),
)
)
)
}}}
Which creates a SQL query something like this:
{{{#!sql
SELECT "staff"."id",
"staff"."location",
"staff"."position",
"staff"."salary",
"staff"."date_of_birth",
COUNT(
CASE
WHEN "staff"."position" = MANAGER AND "staff"."location" = UK
THEN 1
ELSE NULL
END
) AS "number_of_managers_in_UK",
COUNT(
CASE
WHEN "staff"."position" = DIRECTOR AND "staff"."location" =
USA THEN 1
ELSE NULL
END
) AS "number_of_directors_in_USA"
FROM "staff"
WHERE "staff"."department_id" IN (2, 3)
GROUP BY "staff"."id"; -- This group by is unnecessary and spoils the
result set
}}}
Even though `Count` is an Aggregator function in SQL it can be used
without `GROUP BY`. It would be good if we can have either a parameter or
something to specify whether to use group by or not instead of defaulting
to `GROUP BY`.
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