beregning af den samlede login-logout-tid for en bestemt bruger i mysql

a'rs anbefaling giver rigtig god mening. Også at beregne varigheden for hver session ved logout er en meget bedre tilgang - selvom dette ikke er strengt normaliseret, spreder det beregningsbyrden...

SELECT ilv.employee, 
SUM(UNIX_TIMESTAMP(logouttime) 
  - IF(logintime IS NULL, 
        UNIX_TIMESTAMP(logouttime), 
        UNIX_TIMESTAMP(logintime)))
FROM (
    SELECT a.employeeId, a.time AS logouttime,
    (SELECT MAX(b.time)
      FROM log b
      WHERE b.employeeId=a.employeeId
      AND b.time<a.time
      AND b.type='login')  as logintime
    FROM log a 
    WHERE a.type='logout'
    AND a.time BETWEEN <range start> AND <range end>
    AND employeeId=1 /* optional */
) ilv
GROUP BY ilv.employeeId