SGreen@stripped wrote:
>Wouldn't it be just as simple to count all 'neg', 'pos', and 'ind' values
>for both columns? By the way, is there some other column you are grouping
>by or is it always going to apply to entire tables of information?
>
>I know this is not what you wanted. However, what you want still isn't
>very clear to me but this might help you get better data for your
>application to make decisions from:
>
>SELECT
> sum(if(status1='neg',1,0)) as neg1
> ,sum(if(status1='pos',1,0)) as pos1
> ,sum(if(status2='neg',1,0)) as neg2
> ,sum(if(status2='pos',1,0)) as pos2
> ,sum(if(status2='neg' AND status1='neg',2,0)) as neg_both
>FROM dummy;
>
>If you had another column in your data like a patientID or a groupID it
>would be very simple to add that column and group by that value with this
>query. As I said, what you are trying to get at is still fuzzy for me
>(because you oversimplified the real issue).
>
>Shawn Green
>Database Administrator
>Unimin Corporation - Spruce Pine
>
>
Thanks for your input. I think your method may work. Let me try it
when I get into the office.
