On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 7:28 AM, Steven Macintyre <steven@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi all, > > I have the following SQL statement; > > SELECT count( salesID ) AS count, branch_name, company_name, branch.branchID > FROM sales > LEFT JOIN IGuser ON sales.IGuid = IGuser.IGuid > LEFT JOIN branch ON IGuser.branchID = branch.branchID > LEFT JOIN company ON branch.companyID = '{$companyID}' > WHERE maincompanyid = '{$mcid}' > GROUP BY branch.branchID > ORDER BY branch_name ASC > > However, i do not want those join records to be appended, only to return the count of records from sales. > > Can someone assist me with this? I have tried differance variants of joins and none of the results are correct. > > Sales tbl doesnt have the companyID, nor does IGuser > > Regards, > > Steven A couple things: 1) Are you looking for COUNT(DISTINCT salesID) rather than COUNT(salesID)? 2) Change your group clause to this: GROUP BY branch.branchID, branch_name, company name MySQL is pretty forgiving and will let you include fields in the SELECT that are neither aggregated nor grouped, but it's bad practice. Beyond that, a clearer explanation of what you expect to see in the results would help a lot in building the query to get those results. Andrew -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php