Re: combining two queries?

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From: Mark Harrison <mh(at)pixar(dot)com>
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: combining two queries?
Date: 2004-10-22 23:55:28
Message-ID: 41799DF0.4050502@pixar.com
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How can I combine these two queries?

# select viewerid,count(*) from viewer_movies group by viewerid order by viewerid;
viewerid | count
----------+--------
22964835 | 3055
22964836 | 1291
22964837 | 3105
22964838 | 199

planb=# select name from xenons where id = 23500637;
name
---------
x.moray

I would like to end up with a query result like this:

viewer | count
----------+--------
x.surf | 3055
x.dream | 1291
x.moray | 3105
x.sleepy | 199

Many TIA!
Mark

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Mark Harrison
Pixar Animation Studios


From: Eddy Macnaghten <eddy(at)edlsystems(dot)com>
To: Mark Harrison <mh(at)pixar(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: combining two queries?
Date: 2004-10-23 14:18:40
Message-ID: 1098541120.30770.11.camel@localhost.localdomain
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select b.name as viewer, count(*)
from viewer_movies a, xenons b
where b.id = a.viewerid
group by b.name

On Sat, 2004-10-23 at 00:55, Mark Harrison wrote:
> How can I combine these two queries?
>
> # select viewerid,count(*) from viewer_movies group by viewerid order by viewerid;
> viewerid | count
> ----------+--------
> 22964835 | 3055
> 22964836 | 1291
> 22964837 | 3105
> 22964838 | 199
>
>
> planb=# select name from xenons where id = 23500637;
> name
> ---------
> x.moray
>
> I would like to end up with a query result like this:
>
> viewer | count
> ----------+--------
> x.surf | 3055
> x.dream | 1291
> x.moray | 3105
> x.sleepy | 199
>
> Many TIA!
> Mark
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Edward A. Macnaghten
http://www.edlsystems.com


From: Jeffrey Melloy <jmelloy(at)visualdistortion(dot)org>
To: eddy(at)edlsystems(dot)com
Cc: Mark Harrison <mh(at)pixar(dot)com>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: combining two queries?
Date: 2004-10-25 19:18:13
Message-ID: 417D5175.4080703@visualdistortion.org
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If you want to return rows with zeros, you may need to do something like
this:

select b.name as viewer, count(viewerid)
from xenons b left join viewer_movies a on (b.id = a.viewerid)
group by b.name

Eddy Macnaghten wrote:

>select b.name as viewer, count(*)
>from viewer_movies a, xenons b
>where b.id = a.viewerid
>group by b.name
>
>
>On Sat, 2004-10-23 at 00:55, Mark Harrison wrote:
>
>
>>How can I combine these two queries?
>>
>># select viewerid,count(*) from viewer_movies group by viewerid order by viewerid;
>> viewerid | count
>>----------+--------
>> 22964835 | 3055
>> 22964836 | 1291
>> 22964837 | 3105
>> 22964838 | 199
>>
>>
>>planb=# select name from xenons where id = 23500637;
>> name
>>---------
>> x.moray
>>
>>I would like to end up with a query result like this:
>>
>> viewer | count
>>----------+--------
>> x.surf | 3055
>> x.dream | 1291
>> x.moray | 3105
>> x.sleepy | 199
>>
>>Many TIA!
>>Mark
>>
>>