SQL Query

From: Patrick Pleass <pat_at_pleass.com.au>
Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2001 15:45:01 GMT
Message-ID: <1wDy7.4649$bE1.22696_at_news1.rdc1.nsw.optushome.com.au>


Hi All,

Single table (called activities) with fields day, start_time and duration. I want to find the number of distinct day and start_time combinations, ignoring the duration.

In MySQL I would execute this:

SELECT count(distinct day,start_time) FROM activities;

Oracle only seems to allow a single field in a count statement. When I use count(*), the number returned includes all distinct durations as well.

Can someone suggest a work-around?

Thanks,

Pat Received on Mon Oct 15 2001 - 17:45:01 CEST

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