RE: someone double-check me on this sql

Well, this gives me the right results but I don't understand why...

(change the AND to an OR)

select
tm.month, tm.year, count(*)
 from img.ton_miles tm
where (tm.month != 5 OR tm.year != 2012) group by tm.month, tm.year
order by 1,2

Chris Taylor

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From: oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org [mailto:oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org] On Behalf Of Taylor, Chris David Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2012 9:35 PM
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Subject: someone double-check me on this sql

I'm a bit fuzzy at the moment due to pain meds after a minor surgery so I'm hoping someone can spot my error (if I have an error)

Table has months, years and 'x' number of rows for each

The table has Years 2011 and 2012
In 2011, it has months 1-12
And in 2012 it has months 1-5

I run this:
Select month, year, count(*) -- month, and year are actual column names From some_table Where (month != 5 and year != 2012) Group by month, year /

The data set I get is Months 6-12 for 2011 *ONLY*

Shouldn't that query *ONLY* exclude MONTH=5 and YEAR 12 together? (instead of ALL 2012 and ALL 5s?)

Chris Taylor

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