Thanks, I have it now....
Andy
On Thu, 27 May 1999, Oliver Elphick wrote:
> Andy Lewis wrote:
> >I am trying to get the _total_ number of jobs
> >that each company has in the db.
> >
> >In other words I want to get each distinct company
> >that has jobs in the jobs table and the _total_ number
> >of jobs that it has in the jobs table.
> >
> >What would be the best query that I could use?
> >
> >I'm using 6.4.2.
> >
> >Table = jobs
> >+-------------+---------------+-------+
> >| Field | Type | Length|
> >+-------------+---------------+-------+
> >| job_id | int4 not null | 4 |
> >| company_id | int4 | 4 |
> >| title | varchar() | 50 |
> >...
> >+-------------+---------------+-------+
> >
> >Table = company
> >+--------------+---------------+-------+
> >|Field |Type | Length|
> >+--------------+---------------+-------+
> >| company_id | int4 not null | 4 |
> >| company_name | varchar() | 100 |
> >| email | varchar() | 100 |
> >...
> >+--------------+---------------+-------+
>
> select c.company_id, count(j.job_id)
> from company as c, jobs as j
> where c.company_id = j.company_id
> group by c.company_id;
>
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