SQL expert needed

I am running Access 2003 and MX 6.1
Lets say I have the following column in the database:
cs_referer
http://www.upstateweb.com/index.cfm?PageID=1
http://www.upstateweb.com/index.cfm?PageID=72
http://www.upstateweb.com/index.cfm?PageID=96
http://www.upstateweb.com/index.cfm?PageID=104
http://www.google.com/search?q=annoying+return+receipt+in+emails&hl=en&lr=&start=40&sa=N
http://www.google.com/search?q=%22speakeasy+speed+test%22+not+working&hl=en&lr=&start=30&s a=N
http://www.google.com/search?q=%22spartanburg+county+foundation%22&hl=en&lr=&start=40&sa=N
http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=graphic+designer+job+raleigh%nc+sc&sm=Yahoo%21+Search
http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=graphic+designer+job+spartanburg%2C+sc&sm=Yahoo%21+Search
What I want is a query that will trim and group by the domain
so that the outcome would look like:
DOMAIN COUNT
http://www.upstateweb.com 4
http://www.google.com 3
http://search.yahoo.com 2
The query would be something like (expect for the MID
statement. I think something else needs to go here):
<cfquery name="getTopReferers" datasource="#DSN#
maxrows="10">
SELECT MID(cs_referer, 1,?) AS RefererSite,
count(cs_referer) AS SiteCount
FROM Webstats
GROUP BY MID(cs_referer,1,?)
ORDER BY count(cs_referer) DESC
</cfquery>
I don't think the Mid use is correct, but I can't think of
what would work here to get the proper outcome. I appreciate
anyone's help in advance!

Perhaps something like the attached. If the pattern '.com/'
does not exists in each row, then you probably could use MID() with
a starting point after the // characters and using '/' as your
pattern,. Of course you would have to adjust the InStr()+3 value to
subtract the starting point so that your length value is adjusted
from that point.
Phil

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