Perfect, worked like a dream! Learn something new every day! thomas.sinka@it-choice.de 09/05/2003 10:35 To: Tristan.Pretty@risk.sungard.com cc: php-db@lists.php.net Subject: Antwort: [PHP-DB] Tally up a field in a database... > I have a field in a DB that has either 0 or 1 as the value. > It's part of a survey I'm doing. > > I want to be able to take that field and tally up all the results, giving > a total for the user to see. > I know it's simple, but the friday bug has gripped me... > > so if 30 users did the survey, and 12 selected 1, I want the result to > show '12' > > Any ideas? > > *********************************************************************** > The information contained in this e-mail message is intended only for > the personal and confidential use of the recipient(s) named above. > If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient or an agent > responsible for delivering it to the intended recipient, you are hereby > notified that you have received this document in error and that any > review, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this message is > strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, > please notify us immediately by e-mail, and delete the original message. > ************************************************************************ > > You can do that with SELECT SUM(<fieldname>) FROM ..... (at least with MySQL). Thomas =============================================== Thomas Sinka mobil: +49 163 3 23 12 72 mailto: thomas.sinka@it-choice.de IT-Choice Software AG Kaiserstraße 160-162, 76133 Karlsruhe, Germany Tel.: +49(0)721-85 006-0, Fax: +49(0)721-85 006-77 www.it-choice.de, info@it-choice.de Amtsgericht Karlsruhe, HRB 9060 USt-Id Nr.: DE 812 950 635 Vorstand: Mirko Ketterer (Vorsitzender), Stephanie Lehmann, Dirk Ludwig Aufsichtsratsvorsitzender: Horst Gann -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php *********************************************************************** The information contained in this e-mail message is intended only for the personal and confidential use of the recipient(s) named above. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient or an agent responsible for delivering it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you have received this document in error and that any review, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail, and delete the original message. ************************************************************************