Today, I told someone the syntax for "count" without thinking, and
got it wrong - and in so doing, I found some interesting behavior.
select count('table.fieldname');
works. however...
select count('table.fieldname') where table.fieldname='something';
not only barfs, it kills your connection to the back-end. Then...
select count(table.fieldname) where table.fieldname='something';
works fine.
So, if the field name to count is enclosed in ticks, it works if there
is no where clause, but not if there is a where clause.
Now I'm not an expert at SQL, so I realize that it could be because I
used totally illegal syntax. But, then I'd think that postgres would
barf consistantly. Anyone care to enlighten me as to what's going on?
steve