Sql Having

SQL having

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HAVING is a SQL clause that allows you to filter records after an aggregation has been performed. It is often used in conjunction with the GROUP BY clause to specify conditions on the grouped records. While WHERE filters rows before grouping, HAVING filters groups after aggregation. Here’s a basic structure for using HAVING:

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

In the example above, we first select a column and count the number of occurrences of each unique value in that column. After grouping the data, the HAVING clause is used to filter those groups where the count is greater than a specified value.

SELECT department, AVG(salary) AS avg_salary
FROM employees
GROUP BY department
HAVING AVG(salary) > 50000;

In this case, we are calculating the average salary for each department in the employees table and filtering out departments where the average salary is less than or equal to 50,000. By using HAVING, we ensure that only departments meeting this condition are returned in the result set.

SELECT product, SUM(sales) AS total_sales
FROM sales_data
GROUP BY product
HAVING SUM(sales) > 10000
ORDER BY total_sales DESC;

Here, we are selecting products and their total sales from a sales dataset, grouping by product, and applying HAVING to show only those products with total sales exceeding 10,000. We also order the results in descending order of total sales.

SELECT region, COUNT(*) AS store_count
FROM stores
GROUP BY region
HAVING store_count < 5;

In this final example, we count the number of stores per region and filter the results to show only those regions with fewer than 5 stores. This demonstrates the flexibility of the HAVING clause in analyzing data based on aggregated results.