Question

SELECT 
    sum(qty) as accept,
    (SELECT sum(qty) 
     FROM pile 
     WHERE pf=false) as reject 
FROM pile 
WHERE pf=true;

That’s the SQL I use currently, but I’m guessing its not best practice?
The other alternative I used before was SELECT sum(qty) FROM pile GROUP BY pf but I need them as columns and not as rows.

Are there any other solutions?

Answer 1

Single pass through the table.

SELECT 
    sum(CASE WHEN pf = TRUE THEN qty ELSE 0 END) as accept,
    sum(CASE WHEN pf = FALSE THEN qty ELSE 0 END) as reject
FROM pile;