Count MySQL rows based off Value in Dynamic Table
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Greetings all. I have 2 MySQL tables; 1 that contains the names of my classes.(Class A, Class, B, etc.) and 1 table that contains the names of students in each Class (for example Class A: John Doe; Class A: Susie Smith.; Class B: Jane Doe). In the 2nd table the Class name is in its own column and the student's name is in a 2nd column.
I currently have a dynamic repeating table that lists the names of all of the classes from the 1st table. What I'm trying to do is add a second column to this repeating dynamic table that lists the number of students in each class. For example; Row 1 of the dynamic table would say "Class A | 5; Class B | 3; Class C | 7, etc.). The dynamic table works perfectly to list the class names. For the life of me I can't figure out how to perform a count for each class to insert in the repeating table. I will be adding more Classes which as why I'm trying to set up the counting query dynamically. So far I have only been able to figure out how to count the total rows in the 2nd table, or count the rows with a specified class name. Any advice or guidance on how to count the number of rows in the 2nd MySQL table based off the class name in the repeating table is much appreciated. Thank you for any and all help. Have a great day.
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Select count(*), Class from MyTable
Group by Class
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