Re: 7.3 "group by" issue

On 21 Feb 2003 at 13:30, Chad Thompson wrote:

> The same applies to group by... Sorry for the confusion.
> 
> If the column is not in the select section of the statement, it cant group
> by it.
> Try this.
> 
> SELECT element_id as wle_element_id, COUNT(watch_list_id)
>    FROM watch_list JOIN watch_list_element
>      ON watch_list.id      = watch_list_element.watch_list_id
> WHERE
>    watch_list.user_id = 1
>   GROUP BY wle_element_id

Yes, that works.  But so do these.

SELECT watch_list_element.element_id as wle_element_id, 
COUNT(watch_list_id)  FROM watch_list JOIN watch_list_element    ON watch_list.id      =
watch_list_element.watch_list_id
WHERE  watch_list.user_id = 1 GROUP BY watch_list_element.element_id


SELECT element_id as wle_element_id, COUNT(watch_list_id)  FROM watch_list JOIN watch_list_element    ON watch_list.id
   = watch_list_element.watch_list_id
 
WHERE  watch_list.user_id = 1 GROUP BY element_id

The original situation which did not work is:

SELECT watch_list_element.element_id as wle_element_id, 
COUNT(watch_list_id)  FROM watch_list JOIN watch_list_element    ON watch_list.id      =
watch_list_element.watch_list_id
WHERE  watch_list.user_id = 1 GROUP BY element_id

My question: why should it not work?  It's referring to the same 
column as the previous two examples which do work.
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Dan Langille : http://www.langille.org/