asked on how i can count the number of message REPEATED
i have a table contain a msg field
and the message format is like :
Vote george
vote mbuzo
format of the message is VOTE "NICKNAME"
I WANT TO COUNT THE NUMBER OF MSG FOR EACH NICKNAME ??
and the message format is like :
Vote george
vote mbuzo
format of the message is VOTE "NICKNAME"
I WANT TO COUNT THE NUMBER OF MSG FOR EACH NICKNAME ??
Microsoft SQL Server 2005Microsoft SQL Server 2008SQL
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awking00
SELECT msg, COUNT(*) AS total FROM <table_name> GROUP BY msg ORDER BY total DESC;
ASKER
i want to count only message start with Voting followed by space !!
voting "nickname"
voting "nickname"
ASKER
and the msg should be start with voting
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SELECT msg, COUNT(*) AS total FROM <table_name> WHERE LOWER(msg) LIKE 'vote %' GROUP BY msg ORDER BY total DESC;
ASKER
it's dosen;t work with arabic i have replace the word voting by arabic translated word and no result :S
no points here, you have to use the correct "collate" keyword:
SELECT msg, COUNT(*) AS total
FROM <table_name>
WHERE LOWER(msg) LIKE 'vote %' COLLATE _your_collation_name_goes_here
GROUP BY msg ORDER BY total DESC;
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ASKER
msg like '¿¿¿ %' dosen;t work
well, I asked you to use COLLATE keyword ...
anyhow, with "arabic" data, I am not 100% sure how this works out, but it should be straightforward ...
anyhow, with "arabic" data, I am not 100% sure how this works out, but it should be straightforward ...
ASKER
i have replaced voting in english with voting in arabic and it's dosen;t work :S
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can you show sample , so we could try to reproduce it?
I can only tell you that basically the query suggestion does work ...
I can only tell you that basically the query suggestion does work ...
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cast (msg as varchar(100)) like N'¿¿¿ %'
or
cast (msg as varchar(100)) like '¿¿¿ %'
cast (msg as varchar(100)) like N'¿¿¿ %'
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cast (msg as varchar(100)) like '¿¿¿ %'
Try this:
SELECT DISTINCT(REPLACE(message,'Vote ', '')) AS message, COUNT(*) AS votes
FROM _messages
GROUP BY message ORDER BY votes DESC
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select replace(message,'Voting ',null) as message, count(*) as cnt
from messages
group by replace(message,'Voting ',null)
from messages
group by replace(message,'Voting ',null)