Postgresql Multiple counts for one table

Question

From two columns in my table I want to get a unified count for the values in these columns. As an example, two columns are:

Table: reports

|   type           


        

Answer 1

Answer by praktik garg is correct, it is not necessary to use else 0:

SELECT type, 
       sum(case when place  = 'home' then 1 end) as home,
       sum(case when  place  = 'school' then 1 end) as school,
       sum(case when  place  = 'work' then 1 end) as work,
       sum(case when  place  = 'cafe' then 1 end) as cafe,
       sum(case when  place  = 'friends' then 1 end) as friends,
       sum(case when  place  = 'mall' then 1 end) as mall
FROM reports
GROUP BY type

You can also use the following even shorter syntax:

SELECT type, 
       sum((place  = 'home')::int) as home,
       sum((place  = 'school')::int) as school,
       sum((place  = 'work' )::int) as work,
       sum((place  = 'cafe' )::int) as cafe,
       sum((place  = 'friends')::int) as friends,
       sum((place  = 'mall')::int) as mall
FROM reports
GROUP BY type

This will work because boolean true is cast to 1 when condition is met.