Sql Group By

SQL group by

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GROUP BY is a SQL clause that is used to arrange identical data into groups. This allows you to perform aggregate functions on each group, providing summarized or aggregated results.GROUP BY is often combined with functions like COUNT(), SUM(), AVG(), MIN(), or MAX() to produce meaningful insights from your data.

SELECT column1, COUNT(*) 
FROM table_name 
GROUP BY column1;

You can also group by multiple columns. This is helpful when you want to aggregate data at different levels. In this example, we will group by both column1 and column2.

SELECT column1, column2, AVG(column3) 
FROM table_name 
GROUP BY column1, column2;

If you wish to apply a filter after the grouping, you should use the HAVING clause. The HAVING clause is used to filter the result set after the GROUP BY operation, while the WHERE clause is used to filter records before aggregation.

SELECT column1, COUNT(*) 
FROM table_name 
GROUP BY column1 
HAVING COUNT(*) > 5;

Here's an example that shows how you might use GROUP BY in practice: let's say you have a sales table and you want to find the total sales for each product category. In this example, category is the grouping column, and we will sum the sales_amount.

SELECT category, SUM(sales_amount) AS total_sales 
FROM sales_table 
GROUP BY category;

In summary, GROUP BY helps you to aggregate data by one or more columns. By using aggregate functions and optionally filtering with HAVING, you can derive valuable insights from your datasets.