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Calculating SUM and COUNT in one statement

From: Ford Desperado <ford_desperado_at_yahoo.com>
Date: 21 Feb 2004 14:36:37 -0800
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Hi,



I need to retrieve


1. a total


SELECT SUM(COL1) FROM SOME_TABLE



2. most frequent values


SELECT COL1, COUNT(*) FROM SOME_TABLE GROUP BY COL1


I want to scan the table only once, so I was trying to accomplish both
tasks in one statement. It's Oracle 9i


Any ideas?


TIA

Received on Sat Feb 21 2004 - 23:36:37 CET












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