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1. count and actual data

   Richard Lynch <lynch@lscorp.com> — 1998-05-04T02:10:22Z

   Okay, it's really something I need to do in Access (don't ask why), but
   there's no way I'm going to actually join an Access mailing list.  :-)
   
   select name from users;
   
   gives me:
   
   name
   ----
   Steve
   Bill
   
   select count(name) from users;
   
   gives me:
   
   count
   -----
    2
   
   Now, I really want the result from the first query, *AND* the count from
   the second query.
   
   select name, count(name) from users;
   
   would be fine, even if it did give me the count too many times, but it
   won't work.
   
   So. how does one get both the data and the count as results in table format
   from a query?
   
   --
   --
   -- "TANSTAAFL" Rich lynch@lscorp.com
   
   
   
   

2. Re: count and actual data

   Herouth Maoz <herouth@oumail.openu.ac.il> — 1998-05-05T07:10:03Z

   At 5:10 +0300 on 4/5/98, Richard Lynch wrote:
   
   
   
   > Now, I really want the result from the first query, *AND* the count from
   > the second query.
   >
   > select name, count(name) from users;
   >
   > would be fine, even if it did give me the count too many times, but it
   > won't work.
   >
   > So. how does one get both the data and the count as results in table format
   > from a query?
   
   Define a function, and select both it and the data...
   
   CREATE FUNCTION cnt_usr() RETURNS int4
   AS 'SELECT COUNT(name) FROM users'
   LANGUAGE 'sql';
   
   SELECT name, cnt_usr()
   FROM users;
   
   You do realize, however, that it will do the counting over and over for
   each line?
   
   Herouth