How can I count the number of times an item occurs in a given date in mysql

Question

So I have a table called violators, and I have 2 columns: Violation and Date. Violators:

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Violation     | Date
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overspeeding  | 2016-05-05
overloading   | 2016-05-07
overspeeding  | 2016-05-05
drunk driving | 2016-05-03

I want to know how many times the overspeeding occured in 2016-05-05, So the answer should be: 2016-05-05 - overspeeding - 2

And if I want to know, how many times the oversloading occured in 2016-05-07, The answer should be: 2016-05-07 - overloading - 1

Answer 1

there will be an entry in your table against every overspeeding record.

so execute a sql query (eg with php)

$resultset = select * from tablename where Violation ='overspeeding' And Date ='2016-05-05'

this will give you two record so simply apply a count function on result set.in mysql with php ,it will look like this

$temp_variable_no_of_overspeeding =mysql_num_rows($resultset); 
// or you can use count function if don't need those values

so will have 2 in your temp variable

i guess you are using java so do like this

ResultSet rs = ps.executeQuery();
int rowcount = 0;
if (rs.last()) {
  rowcount = rs.getRow();
  rs.beforeFirst(); // required to read data in while later . not rs.first() 
                    //because the rs.next() below will move on 2nd element ,
                    //you will miss the first element
}
while (rs.next()) {
  // do your standard per row stuff
}

Answer 2

I already fixed the problem: So here's the Sql query:

select Violation, count(Violation), Date_Violated from violators group by Violation, Date_Violated

Thank you guys for the help!