Question

I know I’m close and it is KILLING me. Need a fresh set of eyes here…

SELECT 
first_name, 
COUNT(*) FROM 
(SELECT first_name, job_status FROM typesetting 
LEFT JOIN employees ON typesetting.employees_id = employees.id 
LEFT JOIN job_status ON typesetting.job_status_id = job_status.id 
WHERE job_status NOT LIKE 'Archived' 
ORDER BY first_name ASC) 
AS CNT 
GROUP BY first_name

This gets me:

• Arnold (5)
• Claudia (19)
• Janet (29)
• Rich (21)
• Tom (4)
• Unassigned (24)

However, there are some results with zero values in there that I desperately want in the results, like this:

• Arnold (5)
• Cheryl (0)
• Claudia (19)
• Cyndi (0)
• Janet (29)
• Phil (0)
• Rich (21)
• Tom (4)
• Unassigned (24)

What am I doing wrong? So close! Thanks!

-Matt

Answer 1

In the INNER query you filter away all people, that can potentially give you 0 results.

Try this one:

SELECT first_name,
       sum(CASE WHEN job_status = 'Archived' THEN 1 ELSE 0 END) AS cnt
  FROM typesetting 
  LEFT JOIN employees ON typesetting.employees_id = employees.id 
  LEFT JOIN job_status ON typesetting.job_status_id = job_status.id 
GROUP BY first_name
ORDER BY first_name ASC;