Question

user table
user_id

entry
user_id
points_a
points_b

SELECT user.*, 
(SUM(entry.points_a) + SUM(entry.points_b)) as points_total
FROM user
LEFT JOIN entry on entry.user_id = entry.user_id

..is what I’m trying to do — get a total count of all points that a user has. The field type for points is INT. This Doesn’t seem to work?

Answer 1

Given that you have no columns in user except the ID, the join really serves no purpose.

select userid, SUM(points_a) + SUM(points_b) as total
from entry
group by userid

This will give you what you are looking for. If you need more fields from the user table that you just didn’t show, you can do the join and add those fields to the select.

I think what you were missing was the Group By clause though.