Transform your SQL queries with GROUP BY! Explore examples to master data grouping and aggregation, enhancing your database skills for insightful analysis.
The GROUP BY
statement groups rows that have the same values into summary rows, like "find the number of customers in each country".
The GROUP BY
statement is often used with aggregate functions (COUNT()
, MAX()
, MIN()
, SUM()
, AVG()
) to group the result-set by one or more columns.
SELECT column_name(s)
FROM table_name
WHERE condition
GROUP BY column_name(s)
ORDER BY column_name(s);
Below is a selection from the "Customers" table in the Northwind sample database:
CustomerID | CustomerName | ContactName | Address | City | PostalCode | Country |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Alfreds Futterkiste | Maria Anders | Obere Str. 57 | Berlin | 12209 | Germany |
2 | Ana Trujillo Emparedados y helados | Ana Trujillo | Avda. de la Constitución 2222 | México D.F. | 05021 | Mexico |
3 | Antonio Moreno Taquería | Antonio Moreno | Mataderos 2312 | México D.F. | 05023 | Mexico |
4 | Around the Horn | Thomas Hardy | 120 Hanover Sq. | London | WA1 1DP | UK |
5 | Berglunds snabbköp | Christina Berglund | Berguvsvägen 8 | Luleå | S-958 22 | Sweden |
The following SQL statement lists the number of customers in each country:
SELECT COUNT(CustomerID), Country
FROM Customers
GROUP BY Country;
The following SQL statement lists the number of customers in each country, sorted high to low:
SELECT COUNT(CustomerID), Country
FROM Customers
GROUP BY Country
ORDER BY COUNT(CustomerID) DESC;
Below is a selection from the "Orders" table in the Northwind sample database:
OrderID | CustomerID | EmployeeID | OrderDate | ShipperID |
---|---|---|---|---|
10248 | 90 | 5 | 1996-07-04 | 3 |
10249 | 81 | 6 | 1996-07-05 | 1 |
10250 | 34 | 4 | 1996-07-08 | 2 |
And a selection from the "Shippers" table:
ShipperID | ShipperName |
---|---|
1 | Speedy Express |
2 | United Package |
3 | Federal Shipping |
The following SQL statement lists the number of orders sent by each shipper:
SELECT Shippers.ShipperName, COUNT(Orders.OrderID) AS NumberOfOrders FROM Orders
LEFT JOIN Shippers ON Orders.ShipperID = Shippers.ShipperID
GROUP BY ShipperName;
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