SELECT Statement Question

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Robin

Table: [Publish Table]
Description: One row per email sent in by a student. Emails are feedback on
the course they are taking.

Columns:
[Course Name] = class they are taking
[People ID] = student identifier
[Comment] = comment about the class that day
[Date] = date/time of the email

Goal: I'd like to count the number of students that have submitted an email
by the course name. Everything I've tried returns to me the number of records
(=emails) by course.

Query:
SELECT [Publish Table].[Course Name], Count([Publish Table].[People ID]) AS
CountPeople
FROM [Publish Table]
GROUP BY [Publish Table].[Course Name], [Publish Table].[People ID];

Example Data (there is also a date and other data per row)
Course Name Student ID Comment
Course 01 01 I loved the class today.
Course 01 01 Tests were too hard today.
Course 01 02 This class is boring.
Course 01 03 I had to take this class, I don't like it.
Course 01 04 I realized I actually do like this class.
Course 02 02 This is the best class I've ever had.
Course 02 02 I don't understand the material.
Course 02 03 I love this class.

What I want to get back from my query:
Course 01 3 (i.e. three people in course one sent in one or more comment)
Course 02 2

What I get back from my query:
Course 01 2 (number of emails from student 01)
Course 01 1 (number of emails from student 02)
Course 01 1 (number of emails from student 03)
Course 02 2 (number of emails from student 02)
Course 02 1 (number of emails from student 03)

What am I doing wrong?
 
You keep changing things. Is the field named People ID or is it Student ID?

SELECT [Publish Table].[Course Name], [Student ID], Count([Publish
Table].[Comment]) AS Count_e_mail
FROM [Publish Table]
GROUP BY [Publish Table].[Course Name], [Publish Table].[Student ID];
 
Query one - saved as TheSavedQuery (in this example)
SELECT DISTINCT [Course Name], [people ID]
FROM [Publish Table]

Query two uses query one to get the unique count
SELECT [Course Name], Count([People Id] as RespondentCount
FROM [TheSavedQuery]
GROUP BY [Course Name]

If you followed the naming guidelines and did not have spaces (or other
non-letter, non-number characters) in your table and field names you could do
this with one query with a sub-query.

SELECT DistinctPersons.CourseName, Count(PeopleId as RespondentCount
FROM (SELECT DISTINCT CourseName, PeopleID
FROM PublishTable) as DistinctPersons
GROUP BY CourseName

John Spencer
Access MVP 2002-2005, 2007-2010
The Hilltop Institute
University of Maryland Baltimore County
 
So sorry, the table field is called People ID, I used Student ID in my
example data because that is how I think of the data. My apologies.

KARL DEWEY said:
You keep changing things. Is the field named People ID or is it Student ID?

SELECT [Publish Table].[Course Name], [Student ID], Count([Publish
Table].[Comment]) AS Count_e_mail
FROM [Publish Table]
GROUP BY [Publish Table].[Course Name], [Publish Table].[Student ID];


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Robin said:
Table: [Publish Table]
Description: One row per email sent in by a student. Emails are feedback on
the course they are taking.

Columns:
[Course Name] = class they are taking
[People ID] = student identifier
[Comment] = comment about the class that day
[Date] = date/time of the email

Goal: I'd like to count the number of students that have submitted an email
by the course name. Everything I've tried returns to me the number of records
(=emails) by course.

Query:
SELECT [Publish Table].[Course Name], Count([Publish Table].[People ID]) AS
CountPeople
FROM [Publish Table]
GROUP BY [Publish Table].[Course Name], [Publish Table].[People ID];

Example Data (there is also a date and other data per row)
Course Name Student ID Comment
Course 01 01 I loved the class today.
Course 01 01 Tests were too hard today.
Course 01 02 This class is boring.
Course 01 03 I had to take this class, I don't like it.
Course 01 04 I realized I actually do like this class.
Course 02 02 This is the best class I've ever had.
Course 02 02 I don't understand the material.
Course 02 03 I love this class.

What I want to get back from my query:
Course 01 3 (i.e. three people in course one sent in one or more comment)
Course 02 2

What I get back from my query:
Course 01 2 (number of emails from student 01)
Course 01 1 (number of emails from student 02)
Course 01 1 (number of emails from student 03)
Course 02 2 (number of emails from student 02)
Course 02 1 (number of emails from student 03)

What am I doing wrong?
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Thank you so much, I did not realize I could use a query in the FROM
statement! Thank you!

Clifford Bass via AccessMonster.com said:
Hi Robin,

Sorry, did not read that correctly. Try:

Query1:
select distinct [Course Name], [People ID]
from [Publish Table];

Query2:
select [Course Name], Count(*) as Count_of_Students_Who_Commented
from Query1
group by [Course Name];

Clifford Bass

Clifford said:
Hi Robin,

Simply remove the People ID grouping:

...GROUP BY [Publish Table].[Course Name];

Clifford Bass
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Thank you so much, I did not realize I could use a query in the FROM
statement. Thank you!

John Spencer said:
Query one - saved as TheSavedQuery (in this example)
SELECT DISTINCT [Course Name], [people ID]
FROM [Publish Table]

Query two uses query one to get the unique count
SELECT [Course Name], Count([People Id] as RespondentCount
FROM [TheSavedQuery]
GROUP BY [Course Name]

If you followed the naming guidelines and did not have spaces (or other
non-letter, non-number characters) in your table and field names you could do
this with one query with a sub-query.

SELECT DistinctPersons.CourseName, Count(PeopleId as RespondentCount
FROM (SELECT DISTINCT CourseName, PeopleID
FROM PublishTable) as DistinctPersons
GROUP BY CourseName

John Spencer
Access MVP 2002-2005, 2007-2010
The Hilltop Institute
University of Maryland Baltimore County
Table: [Publish Table]
Description: One row per email sent in by a student. Emails are feedback on
the course they are taking.

Columns:
[Course Name] = class they are taking
[People ID] = student identifier
[Comment] = comment about the class that day
[Date] = date/time of the email

Goal: I'd like to count the number of students that have submitted an email
by the course name. Everything I've tried returns to me the number of records
(=emails) by course.

Query:
SELECT [Publish Table].[Course Name], Count([Publish Table].[People ID]) AS
CountPeople
FROM [Publish Table]
GROUP BY [Publish Table].[Course Name], [Publish Table].[People ID];

Example Data (there is also a date and other data per row)
Course Name Student ID Comment
Course 01 01 I loved the class today.
Course 01 01 Tests were too hard today.
Course 01 02 This class is boring.
Course 01 03 I had to take this class, I don't like it.
Course 01 04 I realized I actually do like this class.
Course 02 02 This is the best class I've ever had.
Course 02 02 I don't understand the material.
Course 02 03 I love this class.

What I want to get back from my query:
Course 01 3 (i.e. three people in course one sent in one or more comment)
Course 02 2

What I get back from my query:
Course 01 2 (number of emails from student 01)
Course 01 1 (number of emails from student 02)
Course 01 1 (number of emails from student 03)
Course 02 2 (number of emails from student 02)
Course 02 1 (number of emails from student 03)

What am I doing wrong?
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