สามารถใช้ฟังก์ชันรวม COUNT ร่วมกับ IF() เพื่อนับจำนวนครั้งที่ข้อความเฉพาะปรากฏได้ เริ่มจากสร้างตารางตัวอย่าง:
mysql> create table CountOccurrencesDemo
-> (
-> Id int NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,
-> TechnicalSubject varchar(100)
-> );
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.68 sec)
เพิ่มข้อมูลตัวอย่าง:
mysql> insert into CountOccurrencesDemo(TechnicalSubject) values('Java');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.14 sec)
mysql> insert into CountOccurrencesDemo(TechnicalSubject) values('MongoDB');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.13 sec)
mysql> insert into CountOccurrencesDemo(TechnicalSubject) values('MySQL');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.16 sec)
mysql> insert into CountOccurrencesDemo(TechnicalSubject) values('MySQL');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.10 sec)
mysql> insert into CountOccurrencesDemo(TechnicalSubject) values('MySQL');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.07 sec)
mysql> insert into CountOccurrencesDemo(TechnicalSubject) values('Java');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.15 sec)
mysql> insert into CountOccurrencesDemo(TechnicalSubject) values('Java');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.10 sec)
mysql> insert into CountOccurrencesDemo(TechnicalSubject) values('Java');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.09 sec)
mysql> insert into CountOccurrencesDemo(TechnicalSubject) values('Java');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.11 sec)
mysql> insert into CountOccurrencesDemo(TechnicalSubject) values('MongoDB');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.21 sec)
แสดงข้อมูลทั้งหมด:
mysql> select * from CountOccurrencesDemo;
+----+------------------+ | Id | TechnicalSubject | +----+------------------+ | 1 | Java | | 2 | MongoDB | | 3 | MySQL | | 4 | MySQL | | 5 | MySQL | | 6 | Java | | 7 | Java | | 8 | Java | | 9 | Java | | 10 | MongoDB | +----+------------------+ 10 rows in set (0.00 sec)
คำสั่งนับจำนวนครั้งของข้อความหลายค่า:
mysql> select count(if(tbl.TechnicalSubject LIKE '%Java%',1,null)) as JavaOccurrence,
-> count(if(tbl.TechnicalSubject LIKE '%MySQL%',1,null)) as MySQLOccurrence,
-> count(if(tbl.TechnicalSubject LIKE '%MongoDB%',1,null)) as MongoDBOccurrence
-> from CountOccurrencesDemo tbl;
+----------------+-----------------+-------------------+ | JavaOccurrence | MySQLOccurrence | MongoDBOccurrence | +----------------+-----------------+-------------------+ | 5 | 3 | 2 | +----------------+-----------------+-------------------+ 1 row in set (0.05 sec)