Friday 30 July 2010

Group By Clause

SQL GROUP BY Syntax

Defination

The GROUP BY statement is used in conjunction with the aggregate functions to group the result-set by one or more columns.

Example

Group by on all table.

SELECT CustomerName,SUM(CustomerOrder) FROM CustomerOrder
GROUP BY CustomerName

Group by filtered table.

SELECT CustomerName,SUM(CustomerOrder) FROM CustomerOrder
where CustomerName like 'JO%'
GROUP BY CustomerName

Same result but using Having.

SELECT CustomerName,SUM(CustomerOrder) FROM CustomerOrder
GROUP BY CustomerName
having CustomerName like 'JO%'

Using Having to query on aggregate.

SELECT CustomerName,SUM(CustomerOrder) FROM CustomerOrder
GROUP BY CustomerName
having sum(CustomerOrder) > 4

Group By more than 2 column.

SELECT CustomerName,OrderDate,SUM(CustomerOrder) FROM CustomerOrder
GROUP BY CustomerName,OrderDate