Question

I want to create a report which displays the stats for data in a sql server table.The table columns I am interested in are searchTerm, dateadded.
Now I want to get the count of records for each searchterm but also display the earliest and latest dateadded for that searchterm.
for example:

select searchterm, count(*) as recCount from SearchTable order by searchterm.

will just give me the counts so I just need the dates and distinct records only.

Answer 1

Try this:

SELECT
    searchterm,
    MIN(dateadded) AS minDateAdded, 
    MAX(dateadded) AS maxDateAdded, 
    count(*) as recCount
FROM SearchTable 
GROUP BY searchterm

They GROUP BY will ensure that each row is distinct.