mysql series_如何计数项目使用generate_series（）在MySQL等价？

i have a list of users in my Postgresql db and i want to count how many users there are for every letter.

Here is the SQL query:

select chr(chars.letter + ascii('A')) as letter,

count(m.nome)

from generate_series(0, 25) as chars(letter)

left join merchant m on ascii(left(m.nome, 1)) = chars.letter + ascii('A')

group by letter

order by letter asc

(thanks to this answer)

Here is the result in PHPPGAdmin:

Now since i migrate to MySQL i need to use the same query but it seems that MySQL doesn't use generate_series(). So, how to get the same result?

解决方案

So lets assume you have some table with at least 26 records in it (maybe information_schema.columns perhaps?).

The following will generate all uppercase alphabetical letters:

SET @c := 64;

SELECT CAST(CHAR(@c := @c + 1) AS CHAR(1)) AS letter

FROM table_with_at_least_26_rows

LIMIT 26

;

To embed the above into your original query, put the SET @c := 64; before the query, then replace generate_series(0, 25) as chars(letter) with ( SELECT CAST ... LIMIT 26 ) chars. Be sure to include the parentheses as it will make the query into a subquery.