Comments on: How do you put multiple count queries in to an INSERT query (MS Access)? http://www.childidaccess.com/access-count/how-do-you-put-multiple-count-queries-in-to-an-insert-query-ms-access Sun, 12 Feb 2012 17:11:59 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: TheMadProfessor http://www.childidaccess.com/access-count/how-do-you-put-multiple-count-queries-in-to-an-insert-query-ms-access/comment-page-1#comment-2807 TheMadProfessor Sat, 13 Feb 2010 05:58:59 +0000 http://www.childidaccess.com/access-count/how-do-you-put-multiple-count-queries-in-to-an-insert-query-ms-access#comment-2807 I'm assuming that there is a relatively small number of ball values and that a given ball can only be selected once for picks 1-6 but can also be picked as a bonus. I would define another table called Balls containing a single column of BallNumber with the domain of possible values. INSERT INTO Frequency (BallNumber, AsMainBall, AsBonusBall) FROM (SELECT BallNumber, SUM(Main), SUM(Bonus) FROM (SELECT BallNumber, 1 AS Main, 0 AS Bonus FROM Balls, Draw WHERE BallNumber = FirstBall OR BallNumber = SecondBall OR ... BallNumber = SixthBall UNION SELECT BallNumber, 0 AS Main, 1 AS Bonus FROM Balls, Draw WHERE BallNumber = BonusBall) GROUP BY BallNumber)<br><b>References : </b><br> I’m assuming that there is a relatively small number of ball values and that a given ball can only be selected once for picks 1-6 but can also be picked as a bonus. I would define another table called Balls containing a single column of BallNumber with the domain of possible values.

INSERT INTO Frequency (BallNumber, AsMainBall, AsBonusBall) FROM
(SELECT BallNumber, SUM(Main), SUM(Bonus) FROM
(SELECT BallNumber, 1 AS Main, 0 AS Bonus FROM Balls, Draw
WHERE BallNumber = FirstBall OR BallNumber = SecondBall OR …
BallNumber = SixthBall
UNION
SELECT BallNumber, 0 AS Main, 1 AS Bonus FROM Balls, Draw
WHERE BallNumber = BonusBall)
GROUP BY BallNumber)
References :

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