At 17:26 -0500 9/18/02, McIrvin wrote: >OK,, I'll clarify: > >A query like: >SELECT terms, count(*) AS count FROM searches GROUP BY terms HAVING >count(*)>1 ORDER BY count DESC > >Is run on a table built by users searches on a site, so there are lots of >duplicate entries, were trying to count the duplicates to determine the most >popular search terms. > >The problem arises where you do a query like > >SELECT * FROM 'terms' WHERE term='test' > >And count the number of rows returned (with php or whatever) the issue is >that the result from the count() function ends up being a little higher >sometimes but by no more than 3 instances.
What happens if you replace count(*) by count(terms) throughout the query? > >--=C > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Paul DuBois" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "McIrvin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2002 5:06 PM >Subject: Re: count function issue > > >> At 16:50 -0500 9/18/02, McIrvin wrote: >> >Doing queries to determine the number of times search terms are used on a >> >web site. >> > >> >Here is a sample sql query. >> > >> >SELECT terms, count(*) AS count FROM searches GROUP BY terms HAVING >> >count(*)>1 ORDER BY count DESC >> > >> >But the results seem to be inaccurate, by no more that 3. >> >> Sorry, it's difficult to parse that last sentence. >> >> Also, since you don't indicate what you expect and what you actually >> got, it's hard to say whether what you're seeing is to be expected. >> >> > > > >Anyone run into anything like this before? --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
