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Can Count(), CASE(), and Distrinct be combined?
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Visual FoxPro
Category:
Databases,Tables, Views, Indexing and SQL syntax
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Thread ID:
01665760
Message ID:
01665771
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>Hi,
>
>I am trying to count unique values in the field (using SQL Select) if the value is greater than 0
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>So, here is syntax I use (simplified) (which generates an error):
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>select count( case when mytable.myfield = 0 then 0 else distinct( mytable.myfield ) end ) as TotCount
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>What is wrong in the above syntax?
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>TIA

Just for the case of explaining, here is the syntax that works for me:
select count( distinct( mytable.myfield ) ) as TotCount
But the above counts the values of mytable.myfield of 0. And these records are included in the SQL Select. I just don't want to COUNT them.
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