COUNT issue across multiple tables

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Published on 2012-09-19T13:09:23Z Indexed on 2012/09/19 15:39 UTC
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I am trying to count across 2 tables and I dont see whats wrong with my query yet I get a wrong result. User 2 does not exist in table_two, so the zero is correct.

SELECT t1.creator_user_id, COUNT(t1.creator_user_id), COUNT(t2.user_id)
FROM table_one AS t1
LEFT JOIN table_two AS t2 ON t2.user_id = t1.creator_user_id
GROUP BY t1.creator_user_id, t2.user_id

Actual result

1 192 192
2 9 0

Expected result

1 16 12
2 9 0

The result indicate a missing group by condition, but I already got both fields used.
Where am I wrong ?

Also, can I sum up all users that doesnt exist in table_two for t1 ? Like user 3 exists 21 times in t1, then the results would be:

1 16 12     (users with > 0 in t2 will need their own row)
2 30 0      (user 2=9 + user 3=21 => 30)

Its okay for the user Id to be wrong for sum of t1 for all users with 0 in t2. If not possible, then I'll just do two queries.

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