Hello List,
I have a situation where I want to figure out the total number of
products in my database.
I want to read all the fields $ProductStock and add them together to
get the TOTAL number of products, not just the number of rows in my
database.
Any pointers on the code to use for
Would it be?
$q = SUM(ProductStock) FROM products;
or
$q = SELECT SUM(ProductStock) AS ProductStock FROM products;
if I want to return $ProductStock as the value?
Karl
On Feb 14, 2010, at 10:55 PM, Karl DeSaulniers wrote:
Hello List,
I have a situation where I want to figure out the
Have you tried using it like this
*select count(*) from products;*
Chaitanya
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On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 10:39 AM, Karl DeSaulniers k...@designdrumm.comwrote:
Would it be?
$q = SUM(ProductStock) FROM
Karl DeSaulniers wrote:
Would it be?
$q = SUM(ProductStock) FROM products;
or
$q = SELECT SUM(ProductStock) AS ProductStock FROM products;
if I want to return $ProductStock as the value?
This one.
The AS gives it an alias (or shortcut) to make it easier to find in
mysql_fetch_array etc.
Chaitanya Yanamadala wrote:
Have you tried using it like this
*select count(*) from products;*
This will give you the number of rows in the table, not what Karl wants.
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FYI
SELECT SUM(ProductStock) FROM products;
*
if u want to give an other name for the row then use it as *
**
SELECT SUM(ProductStock) as stock FROM products;*
Ok, sweet, then I am on the right track.
Now I did notice that I forgot the SELECT in the first query, does
that matter?
Can I just start out with SUM?
Thanks for your response.
Karl
On Feb 14, 2010, at 11:32 PM, Chris wrote:
Karl DeSaulniers wrote:
Would it be?
$q = SUM(ProductStock)
Karl DeSaulniers wrote:
Ok, sweet, then I am on the right track.
Now I did notice that I forgot the SELECT in the first query, does that
matter?
Can I just start out with SUM?
No - that's invalid sql.
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