Show Results: SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT main.id) FROM Tickets main CROSS JOIN Users Users_3 JOIN Groups Groups_1 ON ( Groups_1.Domain = 'RT::Ticket-Role' ) AND ( Groups_1.Type = 'Requestor' ) AND ( Groups_1.Instance = main.id ) JOIN CachedGroupMembers CachedGroupMembers_2 ON ( CachedGroupMembers_2.MemberId = Users_3.id ) AND ( CachedGroupMembers_2.GroupId = Groups_1.id ) WHERE (Users_3.EmailAddress LIKE '%fttb-tv-netsupport@netcologne.de%') AND (main.Status != 'deleted') AND ( ( CachedGroupMembers_2.id IS NOT NULL ) ) AND (main.Type = 'ticket') AND (main.EffectiveId = main.id) +-------------------------+ | COUNT(DISTINCT main.id) | +-------------------------+ | 276 | +-------------------------+ 1 row in set (0.02 sec) Search results grouped by Status (pre shrink_cgm_table.pl): SELECT DISTINCT COUNT(main.id) AS id, main.Status AS status FROM Tickets main CROSS JOIN Users Users_3 JOIN Groups Groups_1 ON ( Groups_1.Domain = 'RT::Ticket-Role' ) AND ( Groups_1.Type = 'Requestor' ) AND ( Groups_1.Instance = main.id ) JOIN CachedGroupMembers CachedGroupMembers_2 ON ( CachedGroupMembers_2.MemberId = Users_3.id ) AND ( CachedGroupMembers_2.GroupId = Groups_1.id ) WHERE (Users_3.EmailAddress LIKE '%fttb-tv-netsupport@netcologne.de%') AND (main.Status != 'deleted') AND ( ( CachedGroupMembers_2.id IS NOT NULL ) ) AND (main.Type = 'ticket') AND (main.EffectiveId = main.id) GROUP BY main.Status +-----+----------+ | id | status | +-----+----------+ | 118 | rejected | | 430 | resolved | | 4 | stalled | +-----+----------+ 3 rows in set (0.02 sec) Search results grouped by Status (post shrink_cgm_table.pl): SELECT DISTINCT COUNT(main.id) AS id, main.Status AS status FROM Tickets main CROSS JOIN Users Users_3 JOIN Groups Groups_1 ON ( Groups_1.Domain = 'RT::Ticket-Role' ) AND ( Groups_1.Type = 'Requestor' ) AND ( Groups_1.Instance = main.id ) JOIN CachedGroupMembers CachedGroupMembers_2 ON ( CachedGroupMembers_2.MemberId = Users_3.id ) AND ( CachedGroupMembers_2.GroupId = Groups_1.id ) WHERE (Users_3.EmailAddress LIKE '%fttb-tv-netsupport@netcologne.de%') AND (main.Status != 'deleted') AND ( ( CachedGroupMembers_2.id IS NOT NULL ) ) AND (main.Type = 'ticket') AND (main.EffectiveId = main.id) GROUP BY main.Status +-----+----------+ | id | status | +-----+----------+ | 59 | rejected | | 215 | resolved | | 2 | stalled | +-----+----------+ 3 rows in set (0.01 sec)