count problem (1 Viewer)

[Thedon123]

I have records as below

a 1
b 1
c 1
a 2
b 2
a 3

i am trying to count the number of records for 1 and the number of records in 2 and the number of records in 3 separately.

How can i do this

 

[Fizzio]

use a GROUP BY clause in your query.

 

[Pat Hartman]

I'll expand a little:

Select SomeField, Count(*) as CountOfField
From YourTable
Group By SomeField;