Using an If clause in MySQL

[Buyocat]

Can anyone tell me how to construct the following statment so it works?  Currently I get an error - at or around the "and" portion of it.

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SELECT SUM(IF(s.started >= 1140211367 AND s.ended <= 1151779520)) as num_logs
FROM fp_session_history s
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I have tried using && as well with no luck.

[Barand]

Perhaps, if I knew what you were tryin to do

[shocker-z]

look at http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/partitioning-range.html

SELECT SUM(IF(s.started >= 1140211367 AND s.ended <= 1151779520)) as num_logs
FROM fp_session_history

you would not use as num_logs either as that wouldn't hold a value..

[Barand]

OK - guessing game - are you trying to count the rows where (s.started >= 1140211367 AND s.ended <= 1151779520) ?

if so,

SELECT COUNT(*) WHERE s.started >= 1140211367 AND s.ended <= 1151779520


Are you trying to get the total of another column depending on the IF condition.

If so the IF syntax is IF(condition, value if true, value if false)

SELECT SUM(IF(s.started >= 1140211367 AND s.ended <= 1151779520), anothercol, 0 ) as num_logs
FROM fp_session_history s

[Buyocat]

Thanks for the hand fellas, Barand I ended up using what you suggested, although I discovered that this works and gets the same result...
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SELECT SUM(IF(time1 >= timeA && time2 <= timeB), 1, 0) ...
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(don't ask me what me the 1 and 0 do, I think that it adds one if the if is true and zero otherwise)  At any  rate that fetches the same result as
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SELECT COUNT(*) ... WHERE time1 > sometime AND time2 < someothertime
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I went with count, it just seems more readable.

[Barand]

I'd go with the COUNT(*) WHERE option.

The times I'd use IF is when a client wants a weekly report like

[pre]Product          Monday  Tuesday  ....  Friday      Weekly_Total[/pre]

Then my query would be something like

SELECT product, SUM(IF weekday=1, sales, 0) as monday, SUM(IF weekday=2, sales, 0) as tuesday... etc

[.josh]

if barand makes a suggestion about a sql query, you'd be wise to listen.