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Home -> Community -> Usenet -> c.d.o.server -> Re: Aggregation stumper
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On Fri, 15 May 1998 16:17:21 GMT, you wrote:
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>I believe the following is not directly expressible in a single query:
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>"Customer names for customers that have at most 3 orders with the
>average of order amounts greater than 2000"
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select customer
from orders
group by customer
having count(*) <= 3 and avg(order_amount) > 2000;
having is a seldom used clause that allows you to apply a 'where clause' to aggregate values.
>In other words I need the average of the counted orders.
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>I'd love to be shot down in my belief! Any ideas?
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