MySQL - Using COUNT(*) in the WHERE clause

Question

I am trying to accomplish the following in MySQL (see pseudo code)

SELECT DISTINCT gid
FROM `gd`
WHERE COUNT(*) > 10
ORDER BY lastupdated DESC

Is there a way to do this without using a (SELECT...) in the WHERE clause because that would seem like a waste of resources.

Answer 1

I'm not sure about what you're trying to do... maybe something like

SELECT gid, COUNT(*) AS num FROM gd GROUP BY gid HAVING num > 10 ORDER BY lastupdated DESC

Answer 2

try

SELECT DISTINCT gid
FROM `gd`
group by gid
having count(*) > 10
ORDER BY max(lastupdated) DESC

Answer 3

-- searching for weather stations with missing half-hourly records

SELECT stationid
FROM weather_data 
WHERE  `Timestamp` LIKE '2011-11-15 %'  AND 
stationid IN (SELECT `ID` FROM `weather_stations`)
GROUP BY stationid 
HAVING COUNT(*) != 48;

-- variation of yapiskan with a where .. in .. select