Interactive SQL Tutorial
9. Miscellaneous SQL statements
Aggregate Functions
I will discuss five important aggregate functions: SUM, AVG, MAX,
MIN, and COUNT. They are called aggregate functions because they
summarize the results of a query, rather than listing all of the rows.
SUM () gives the total of all the rows, satisfying any conditions, of
the given column, where the given column is numeric.
AVG () gives the average of the given column.
MAX () gives the largest figure in the given column.
MIN () gives the smallest figure in the given column.
COUNT(*) gives the number of rows satisfying the conditions.
Looking at the tables at the top of the document, let's look at three examples:
SELECT SUM(SALARY), AVG(SALARY)
FROM EMPLOYEESTATISTICSTABLE
This query shows the total of all salaries in the table, and the
average salary of all of the entries in the table.
SELECT MIN(BENEFITS)
FROM EMPLOYEESTATISTICSTABLE
WHERE POSITION = 'Manager'
This query gives the smallest figure of the Benefits column, of the
employees who are Managers, which is 12500.
SELECT COUNT(*)
FROM EMPLOYEESTATISTICSTABLE
WHERE POSITION = 'Staff'
This query tells you how many employees have Staff status (3).
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