Try something like this: select Screen_Name,count(*) from MBoard where Message_Date>='2003-11-00' group by Screen_Name order by 2 desc limit 5;
Peter Sap ----- Original Message ----- From: "Daniel Harik" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, November 16, 2003 12:28 PM Subject: Creating statistics > Hello, > > I have table with messages, and i have users table, the are linked via PK > UserID -> UserID, what i need is to select Messages for current month and > calculate top 5 posters list for current month. > > I have create following query but it's not complete: > > SELECT Handle, Screen_Name from MBoard where Message_Date>='2003-11-00' ORDER BY Handle; > > this gets me all messages posted this month ordered by userid > > > Thank You. -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]