[support] couple of issues with an sql query and theming a db query

[Neil: esl-lounge.com]

Thanks Ivan, my second mail crossed yours. There doesn't seem to be that 
much difference between what you've posted here and what I had in my second 
mail, does there?

I suppose it's an expensive query because it's looking through the whole 
node table, getting all of them, and then sorting them. It will only be in 
one block on the front page, so hopefully it shouldn't cause too many 
issues.

thanks a lot

Neil


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ivan Sergio Borgonovo" <mail at webthatworks.it>
To: <support at drupal.org>
Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2008 12:56 PM
Subject: Re: [support] couple of issues with an sql query and theming a db 
query


> On Wed, 10 Sep 2008 12:12:27 +0200
> "Neil: esl-lounge.com" <neil at esl-lounge.com> wrote:
>
>> $query= "SELECT node.title, node.nid, node_counter.totalcount FROM
>> node INNER JOIN node_counter ON node.nid = node_counter.nid WHERE
>> uid = $uid ORDER BY totalcount DESC LIMIT 5";
>
>
>> which gives me the top 5 viewed pages for each user on their
>> main /user page. It's very handy and I think I'll use it. Can
>> someone give me a pointer to go the next step towards my initial
>> aim, the total of a user's pageviews and then a list of the top X
>
> select sum(node_counter.totalcount) from node
> inner join node_counter on node.nid = node_counter.nid
> where node.uid=$uid;
> total page viewed by a user if I interpret it right.
>
>> users on a site based on pageviews. I know I need to use SUM in
>> the sql statement but I don't seem to be able to get the syntax
>> right.
>
> select uid, sum(node_counter.totalcount) from node
> inner join node_counter on node.nid = node_counter.nid
> group by node.uid order by sum(node_counter.totalcount) desc limit 5;
>
> If I interpret it right.
>
> The second query may be pretty expensive.
>
>
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