Mysql Error 1064 Select Count
here for a quick overview of the site Help Center Detailed answers to any questions you might have Meta Discuss the workings and policies of this site About Us Learn more about Stack Overflow the company Business Learn more about hiring developers or posting ads with us Stack Overflow Questions Jobs Documentation Tags Users Badges Ask Question x Dismiss Join the Stack Overflow Community Stack Overflow is a community of 6.2 million programmers, just like you, helping each other. Join them; it only takes a minute: Sign up Using count(*) and * in the same select clause gives an error. Why? up vote 1 down vote favorite mysql> select COUNT(*), * from help_keyword; ERROR 1064 (42000): You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near '* from help_keyword' at line 1 This one does not: mysql> select COUNT(*), help_keyword.* from help_keyword; +----------+-----------------+------+ | COUNT(*) | help_keyword_id | name | +----------+-----------------+------+ | 452 | 0 | JOIN | +----------+-----------------+------+ 1 row in set (0.00 sec) Why is that? mysql share|improve this question asked Dec 12 '10 at 16:37 greg0ire 13.3k94579 1 your query will not produce results that make sense in any way. what do you expect? maybe you meant to group and count? –knittl Dec 12 '10 at 16:46 Use of an unqualified * with other items in the select list may produce a parse error. To avoid this problem, use a qualified tbl_name.* reference - dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/select.html –ajreal Dec 12 '10 at 17:03 @knittl : I expected something else than the normal behavior (I forgot what it was) : the table + an extra column with the count in it. That's a bit weird, but the original code is not mine, it is from someone I'm trying to help on this forum : siteduzero.com/… –greg0ire Dec 12 '10 at 17:13 add a comment| 2 Answers 2 active oldest votes up vote 5 down vote accepted Because by using Count(*) you tell the database that you want an aggregation query, and therefore any columns or expressions in the select that do not include some aggregaton function (like count, min, max, etc.) are used to define the "buckets" that the aggregation will be performed on.. If there are any such expressions, you generally need to also include a Group By clause to explicitly list these columns/expressions. By including ALL the columns of the table,
here for a quick overview of the site Help Center Detailed answers to any questions you might have Meta Discuss the workings and policies of this site About Us Learn more about Stack Overflow the company Business Learn more about hiring developers or posting ads with us Stack Overflow Questions Jobs Documentation Tags Users Badges Ask Question x Dismiss Join the Stack Overflow Community Stack Overflow is a community of 6.2 million programmers, just like you, helping each other. Join them; it only takes a minute: Sign up Why does this MySQL if statement on SELECT COUNT(*) not work? up vote 1 down vote favorite I have a .bat file which executes the SQL file as follows. The http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4422680/using-count-and-in-the-same-select-clause-gives-an-error-why aim is that if records are found in a table, nothing will be done, whereas if the table is empty, some records will be inserted. BEGIN DECLARE rowCount INT; SELECT count(*) FROM `martin1` INTO rowCount; IF rowCount <= 5 THEN END IF; END; But when I execute it, there is an error. I tried to delete the DECLARE, but even for (IF SELECT COUNT(*)...>0) there is still an error. The error is, ERROR 1064 (42000) at line 1: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/25246232/why-does-this-mysql-if-statement-on-select-count-not-work You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near 'DECLARE rowCount INT' at line 2 How can I resolve this? mysql share|improve this question edited Feb 25 '15 at 10:41 TRiG 5,48623170 asked Aug 11 '14 at 14:54 martinwang1985 85110 What is the error? –hjpotter92 Aug 11 '14 at 14:59 1 You can use this if construct only in stored programs. The same goes for SELECT ... INTO variable. Have a look at MySQL Compound-Statement Syntax –VMai Aug 11 '14 at 15:02 What @VMai said is absolutely correct. You may want to post what you are actually trying to do? there may be an alternative. –Rahul Aug 11 '14 at 15:07 error is "ERROR 1064 (42000) at line 1: You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the ma nual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use n ear 'DECLARE rowCount INT' at line 2" –martinwang1985 Aug 11 '14 at 15:14 so is it impossible for a bat file to check select count(*)? thank u –martinwang1985 Aug 11 '14 at 15:15 | show 4 more comments 1 Answer 1 active oldest votes up vote -1 down vote try this way BEGIN DECLARE rowCount INT; SELECT count(*) INTO rowCount FROM `mart
Search Username Password Remember Me? Register Lost Password? facebook google twitter rss Free Web Developer Tools Advanced Search Forum Databases MySQL Help !!ERROR http://forums.devshed.com/mysql-help-4/error-1064-select-count-select-distinct-email-orderno-transfooter-132270.html 1064!! Select count(*) from (Select distinct email, orderno from transfooter) Thread: !!ERROR 1064!! Select count(*) from (Select distinct email, orderno from transfooter) Share This Thread Tweet This + http://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/website/database-troubleshooting/error-1064 1 this Post To Linkedin Subscribe to this Thread Subscribe to This Thread March 19th, 2004,03:43 PM #1 No Profile Picture TheBigSpider View Profile View Forum Posts mysql error Registered User Devshed Newbie (0 - 499 posts) Join Date Mar 2004 Posts 2 Rep Power 0 !!ERROR 1064!! Select count(*) from (Select distinct email, orderno from transfooter) I am trying to find out the number of unique transactions in a table. To do this I could simply run a sql statement returning one recordset mysql error 1064 with the number I am looking for. In MS Access this is no problem, However I am trying to move away from MS Access to mySQL. BUT!! My simple statement: Select count(*) from (Select distinct email, orderno from transfooter); always returns with: ERROR 1064: You have an error in your SQL syntax. Check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near 'Select distinct email, orderno from transfooter)' at line 1 Please help before my monitor goes through the b***dy window for continually showing this message. Faq Reply With Quote March 19th, 2004,04:24 PM #2 No Profile Picture vanekl View Profile View Forum Posts Contributing User Devshed Newbie (0 - 499 posts) Join Date Dec 2003 Posts 229 Rep Power 13 try this, Select count(distinct email, orderno) from transfooter; You would have to be using MySQL 4.1+ in order to use subqueries. Faq Reply With Quote March 19th, 2004,04:41 PM #3 No Profile Picture TheBigSpider View Profile View Forum Posts
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