GROUP BY bug

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katoussa
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GROUP BY bug

Post by katoussa »

Hi,

I want to do the translate for this code:

Select Count (d1.id_personne), d2.id_personne
FROM deplacement d1, deplacement d2
GROUP BY d2.id_personne

With tutorial D I can use SUMMARIZE TO HAVE THE RESULT OF GROUP BY but with summarize Rel don't accept parameters in COUT ON THE SUMMARIZE SYNTAX.

Is that a Rel failure or Rel offers an alternative.

Please help me how to do this translate on Rel.
dao
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Re: GROUP BY bug

Post by dao »

Me too I have some trouble with the use of group by with tutorial d.

Is it possible to define group by in Rel? If yes, then what is the correct syntax?
Dave
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Re: GROUP BY bug

Post by Dave »

In Tutorial D, the equivalent to GROUP BY is either GROUP or SUMMARIZE.

GROUP is used to create nested relations. E.g.:

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myvar1 GROUP ({x} AS r)
SUMMARIZE is closer to SQL's 'GROUP BY'.

When using COUNT in SUMMARIZE, there is no reason why COUNT would have a parameter, because the COUNT of any attribute is the same for all attributes.

Here's an example of using COUNT in SUMMARIZE:

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SUMMARIZE myvar1 BY {x} ADD (COUNT() AS n)
It assumes the following relvar:

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VAR myvar1 REAL RELATION {x INTEGER, y INTEGER} KEY {x, y};
myvar1 := RELATION {
	TUPLE {x 1, y 1},
	TUPLE {x 1, y 2},
	TUPLE {x 2, y 2},
	TUPLE {x 2, y 4},
	TUPLE {x 3, y 5}
};
There is also a COUNT() operator that returns the cardinality of a relational expression. For example:

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COUNT(myvar1)
dao
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Re: GROUP BY bug

Post by dao »

When using COUNT in SUMMARIZE, there is no reason why COUNT would have a parameter, because the COUNT of any attribute is the same for all attributes.

Here's an example of using COUNT in SUMMARIZE:
[code]SUMMARIZE myvar1 BY {x} ADD (COUNT() AS n)[/code]

CAN I USE WHERE WITH SUMMARIZE?
Dave
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Re: GROUP BY bug

Post by Dave »

dao wrote:When using COUNT in SUMMARIZE, there is no reason why COUNT would have a parameter, because the COUNT of any attribute is the same for all attributes.

Here's an example of using COUNT in SUMMARIZE:

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SUMMARIZE myvar1 BY {x} ADD (COUNT() AS n)
CAN I USE WHERE WITH SUMMARIZE?
Sure. You can do this:

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SUMMARIZE (myvar1 WHERE x=2 AND y=3) BY {x} ADD (COUNT() AS n)
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