return result with most common field value

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return result with most common field value

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sql777
Constraint Violating Yak Guru

314 Posts

Posted - 2006-01-17 : 08:15:44

Hi,

I have a table with #'s in a column, these #'s may be repeat many times in the rows. I want to get a result set that has the most popular #'s listed in order.

Table:

ID Name Price
1 abc 20000
2 aew 22000
3 was 20000
4 asw 15000
5 wek 22000
6 asdf 20000

so I want a SELECT statement that will return:

PRICE COUNT
20000 3
22000 2
15000 1

thanks in advance!

ditch
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker

1466 Posts

Posted - 2006-01-17 : 08:18:25

SELECT Price, COUNT(1)
FROM YourTable
GROUP BY Price
ORDER BY COUNT(1) DESC

Duane.

khtan
In (Som, Ni, Yak)

17689 Posts

Posted - 2006-01-17 : 08:19:56

Use GROUP BY to group it by PRICE and ORDER BY to sort it by descending order

select PRICE, count(*) as [COUNT]
from table1
group by PRICE
order by [COUNT] desc

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'KH'

madhivanan
Premature Yak Congratulator

22864 Posts

Posted - 2006-01-17 : 08:29:53

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Madhivanan

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