Count items in column? (SQL)

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Hello!
I am using Microsoft SQL Server 2005
I have a table like this:

PHP

QueueNo
 3B001
 3B002  
 3B003 
 3G004
 3G005  
 2P001
 2G002
 2P003  
 1P001

I want to make a new table that counts all the ones that start with '3','2', and '1'?
Maybe a table like this:

PHP

QueueInitial    Count
     3            5
     2            3
     1            1

Super thanks in advance!

Posted 14-May-14 22:34pm

charliedev

Updated 14-May-14 22:57pm

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Solution 2

Try like this :

SQL

select substring(QueueNo,0,2) as QueueInitial    ,
            count(QueueInitial) as Count
 from Your_Table_NAME
group by substring(QueueNo,0,2)

//You can create new table or temp table and insert the result in that

Posted 14-May-14 22:46pm

syed shanu

Solution 3

Try this.

select substring(QueueNo,1,1) as QueueInitial,count(QueueInitial) as Count

from Table_NAME

group by substring(QueueNo,1,1)

Posted 14-May-14 23:02pm

Yash Goyal

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OriginalGriff · Accepted Answer · 2014-05-14T22:38:00

Solution 1

Try:

SQL

SELECT LEFT(QueueNo,1) AS QueueInitial, COUNT (*) AS [Count]
FROM MyTable
GROUP BY LEFT(QueueNo,1)

Posted 14-May-14 22:38pm

OriginalGriff

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charliedev 15-May-14 20:26pm

Thanks, and can you help me with this question:

http://www.codeproject.com/Questions/773673/Count-items-in-column-by-date-SQL

i seem to be having some problems