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

you can use case in this case -

SELECT type, 
       sum(case when place  = 'home' then 1 else 0 end) as Home,
       sum(case when  place  = 'school' then 1 else 0 end) as school,
       sum(case when  place  = 'work' then 1 else 0 end) as work,
       sum(case when  place  = 'cafe' then 1 else 0 end) as cafe,
       sum(case when  place  = 'friends' then 1 else 0 end) as friends,
       sum(case when  place  = 'mall' then 1 else 0 end) as mall
  from reports
 group by type

It should solve your problem

@S T Mohammed, To get such type we can simply use using after group or where condition in outer query, as below -

select type, Home, school, work, cafe, friends, mall from (
SELECT type, 
       sum(case when place  = 'home' then 1 else 0 end) as Home,
       sum(case when  place  = 'school' then 1 else 0 end) as school,
       sum(case when  place  = 'work' then 1 else 0 end) as work,
       sum(case when  place  = 'cafe' then 1 else 0 end) as cafe,
       sum(case when  place  = 'friends' then 1 else 0 end) as friends,
       sum(case when  place  = 'mall' then 1 else 0 end) as mall
  from reports
 group by type
 )
 where home >0 and School >0 and Work >0 and cafe>0 and friends>0 and mall>0

Answer 2

You can use filter clause as well:

SELECT
  type,
  sum(1) FILTER (WHERE place = 'home') AS home,
  sum(1) FILTER (WHERE place = 'school') AS school,
  sum(1) FILTER (WHERE place = 'work') AS work,
  sum(1) FILTER (WHERE place = 'cafe') AS cafe,
  sum(1) FILTER (WHERE place = 'friends') AS friends,
  sum(1) FILTER (WHERE place = 'mall') AS mall
FROM
  reports
GROUP BY 
  type

Answer 3

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.