Posted by ian.l.guthrie on 08/17/06 21:17

Thanks David (and all)...that worked!

-Ian
David Portas wrote:
> ian.l.guthrie@gmail.com wrote:
> > I have a table consisting of two fields, OStype and OSversion, with
> > entries like:
> >
> > OStype OSversion
> > solaris 2.5
> > solaris 2.6
> > redhat 6.2
> > redhat 6.2
> > solaris 8
> > redhat AS4
> > solaris 10
> > solaris 10
> > redhat AS2.1
> > redhat AS3
> > redhat AS4
> >
> > I want to create a select statement that returns for each OS type, the
> > total number of entries and for each version the total number of
> > entries.
> >
> > In the example the result would be:
> >
> > OStype OStype Count OSversion OSversion Count
> > solaris 5
> > 2.5 1
> > 2.6 1
> > 8 1
> > 10 2
> > redhat 6
> > 6.2 2
> > AS2.1 1
> > AS3 1
> > AS4 2
> >
> >
> > Thanks in advance for your help.
> >
> > Ian
>
> Try CUBE/ROLLUP:
>
> SELECT ostype, osversion, COUNT(*) AS cnt
> FROM tbl
> GROUP BY ostype, osversion
> WITH ROLLUP ;
>
> --
> David Portas, SQL Server MVP
>
> Whenever possible please post enough code to reproduce your problem.
> Including CREATE TABLE and INSERT statements usually helps.
> State what version of SQL Server you are using and specify the content
> of any error messages.
>
> SQL Server Books Online:
> http://msdn2.microsoft.com/library/ms130214(en-US,SQL.90).aspx
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