Thanks but no change. --=C
----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul DuBois" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "McIrvin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2002 5:41 PM Subject: Re: count function issue > 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
