Can I do a max(count(*)) in SQL?

Question

Here\'s my code:

    select yr,count(*)  from movie
join casting on casting.movieid=movie.id
join actor on casting.actorid = actor.id
where actor.name = \'Jo         


        

Answer 1

it's from this site - http://sqlzoo.net/3.htm 2 possible solutions:

with TOP 1 a ORDER BY ... DESC:

SELECT yr, COUNT(title) 
FROM actor 
JOIN casting ON actor.id=actorid
JOIN movie ON movie.id=movieid
WHERE name = 'John Travolta'
GROUP BY yr
HAVING count(title)=(SELECT TOP 1 COUNT(title) 
FROM casting 
JOIN movie ON movieid=movie.id 
JOIN actor ON actor.id=actorid
WHERE name='John Travolta'
GROUP BY yr
ORDER BY count(title) desc)

with MAX:

SELECT yr, COUNT(title) 
FROM actor  
JOIN casting ON actor.id=actorid    
JOIN movie ON movie.id=movieid
WHERE name = 'John Travolta'
GROUP BY yr
HAVING 
    count(title)=
        (SELECT MAX(A.CNT) 
            FROM (SELECT COUNT(title) AS CNT FROM actor 
                JOIN casting ON actor.id=actorid
                JOIN movie ON movie.id=movieid
                    WHERE name = 'John Travolta'
                    GROUP BY (yr)) AS A)