On Wed, 2006-06-28 at 13:34 -0500, Aaron Bono wrote: > select > year_list.year, > count(one.*), > count(two.*) > from ( > select years > from generate_series(2006,2009) as years > ) year_list > left outer join mytable as one on ( > date_part('year', one.date) = year_list.years > and one.cause = 1 > ) > left outer join mytable as two on ( > date_part('year', two.date) = year_list.years > and two.cause = 2 > ) > group by > year_list.year > ; > > > select > year_list.year, > mytable.cause, > count(mytable.*) > from ( > select years > from generate_series(2006,2009) as years > ) year_list > left outer join mytable on ( > date_part('year', mytable.date) = year_list.years > ) > group by > year_list.year, > mytable.cause > ; > Aaron, Thank you so much for your reply. However, the 2 examples you provided have "weird" outputs:
The first: years | count | count -------+---------+--------- 2009 | 0 | 0 2008 | 0 | 0 2007 | 0 | 0 2006 | 7802080 | 7802080 (4 rows) Time: 87110.753 ms << yay. The second: years | cause | count -------+---------+------- 2009 | | 0 2008 | | 0 2007 | | 0 2006 | 6 | 1 2006 | 1 | 4030 2006 | 2 | 1936 2006 | 3 | 4078 2006 | 100 | 3159 2006 | 98 | 2659 2006 | 99 | 2549 My need is really to only group the counts of where cause=1 and cause=2 for each year, none of the others. > I think one of the problems many people have is the writing of their > SQL in paragraph form. It makes the SQL really hard to read and even > harder to understand and debug. Formatting your SQL like I did above > may make it easier to see what is wrong. Indeed. Note taken, i'll improve my formatting. \\pb -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content at MsgLab.com and is believed to be clean. ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq