in reply to Re: MySql Timestamps
in thread MySql Timestamps

In response to your update - your formula is wrong. You're looking for:
SELECT <total_time_in_system> / <number_of_times_in_system> FROM . . .

So, given a table that looks something like:

mysql> describe timestamps; SESSION INT CUSTOMER INT TIME TIMESTAMP ENTRY TINYINT . . . mysql>
With the constraints you could write SQL like
SELECT SUM(UNIX_TIMESTAMP(b.time) - UNIX_TIMESTAMP(a.time)) FROM timestamps a, timestamps b WHERE a.session = b.session AND a.entry = 1 AND b.entry = 0 ; SELECT COUNT( * ) FROM timestamps WHERE entry = 1 ;

Divide the first by the second, checking to make sure that the second isn't 0. You now have the average number of seconds any given login spent on your site.

Of course, I'd make sure that the appropriate indices were there. Maybe, an index on (SESSION, ENTRY, TIME) would be appropriate.

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