query help

Started by Rob Larteralmost 23 years ago2 messagesgeneral
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#1Rob Larter
rob@cdli.co.uk

hi i am trying to execute the following query:

select source,(b.source/c.total),(select count(*) from entries b where
source = a.source) as source,(select count(*) from entries c) as total from
entries a group by source;

it says
ERROR: Relation "b" does not exist

the query:
select source,(select count(*) from entries where source = a.source) as
source,(select count(*) from entries) as total from entries a group by
source;

works fine but i want to use the result from source and entries to work out
a percentage in the sql query
could someone point me in the right direction?

Thanks!

Rob

#2Stephan Szabo
sszabo@megazone23.bigpanda.com
In reply to: Rob Larter (#1)
Re: query help

On Wed, 14 May 2003, Rob Larter wrote:

hi i am trying to execute the following query:

select source,(b.source/c.total),(select count(*) from entries b where
source = a.source) as source,(select count(*) from entries c) as total from
entries a group by source;

it says
ERROR: Relation "b" does not exist

Right, because it doesn't escape the subselect.

Maybe something like:
select source, ecount/etotalcount, ecount as source, etotalcount as total
from
(select source, count(*) as ecount from entries group by source) as t,
(select count(*) as etotalcount from entries) as t1;