Re: select vs. select count

["Claus Guttesen" <kometen(at)gmail(dot)com>]

Forgot to mention that this is on postgresql 7.4.14 and FreeBSD 6.2.

regards
Claus

> Hi.
>
> I'm performing the following query to get all items sold in 2006 which
> are in category prints or gifts, but not in extra:
>
> select order_id from
>  (select o.order_id from orders o join order_lines ol using (order_id)
>   where o.time > '2006-01-01T00:00' and o.time < '2007-01-01T00:00'
>   and (ol.item_id = 10 or ol.item_id = 11 or ol.item_id = 12) group by
> o.order_id) as prints
>   inner join
>  (select ho.order_id from orders ho join order_lines hol using (order_id)
>   where o.time > '2006-01-01T00:00' and o.time < '2007-01-01T00:00'
>   and (ol.item_id = 20 or ol.item_id = 21 or ol.item_id = 22) group by
> o.order_id) as gifts
>   using (order_id)
>  except select order_id from
>   (select ho.order_id from orders ho join order_lines hol using (order_id)
>    where o.time > '2006-01-01T00:00' and o.time < '2007-01-01T00:00'
>    and (ol.item_id = 30 or ol.item_id = 31 or ol.item_id = 32) group
> by o.order_id) as extra;
>
> When I do the 'select order_id' I get (after scrolling down):
>
>  order_id
> ---------
> xyz
> ...
> foo
> bas
> (1960 rows)
>
> But when I do a 'select count(order_id) I get:
>
>  count
> -------
>   2063
>
> Why does select and select(count) produce two different results? Am I
> doing something wrong here?
>
> regards
> Claus