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Chapter2 - SQL Server

The document provides an introduction to aggregating and summarizing data using SQL Server. It demonstrates how to use aggregate functions like SUM, COUNT, MIN, MAX, and AVG to calculate totals, counts, minimums, maximums, and averages of column values. It also shows how to group data and use the GROUP BY clause, and discusses common errors that can occur when aggregating or grouping data like not including all non-aggregated columns in the GROUP BY clause.

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Chapter2 - SQL Server

The document provides an introduction to aggregating and summarizing data using SQL Server. It demonstrates how to use aggregate functions like SUM, COUNT, MIN, MAX, and AVG to calculate totals, counts, minimums, maximums, and averages of column values. It also shows how to group data and use the GROUP BY clause, and discusses common errors that can occur when aggregating or grouping data like not including all non-aggregated columns in the GROUP BY clause.

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Aggregating Data

I N T R O D U C T I O N TO S Q L S E R V E R

John MacKintosh
Instructor
SUM - single column
Calculate the total amount of a column value with SUM()

SELECT
SUM(affected_customers) AS total_affected
FROM grid;

+----------------+
| total_affected |
|----------------|
| 70143996 |
+----------------+

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SUM - two or more columns
SELECT
SUM(affected_customers) AS total_affected
FROM grid;

SELECT
SUM (affected_customers) AS total_affected,
SUM (demand_loss_mw) AS total_loss
FROM grid;

+----------------+------------+
| total_affected | total_loss |
|----------------+------------|
| 70143996 | 177888 |
+----------------+------------+

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The wrong way...
SELECT
SUM (affected_customers) AS total_affected,
(demand_loss_mw) AS total_loss
FROM grid;

Msg 8120, Level 16, State 1, Line 6


Column 'grid_demand_loss_mw' is invalid in the select list because
it is not contained in either an aggregate function or the GROUP BY clause.

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Use aliases
SELECT SELECT
SUM (affected_customers), SUM (affected_customers) AS total_affected,
SUM (demand_loss_mw) SUM (demand_loss_mw) AS total_loss
FROM grid; FROM grid;

+------------------+------------------+ +----------------+------------+
| (No column name) | (No column name) | | total_affected | total_loss |
|------------------+------------------| |----------------+------------|
| 70143996 | 177888 | | 70143996 | 177888 |
+------------------+------------------+ +----------------+------------+

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COUNT
SELECT
COUNT(affected_customers) AS count_affected
FROM grid;

+----------------+
| count_affected |
|----------------|
| 807 |
+----------------+

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COUNT Distinct
SELECT
COUNT(DISTINCT affected_customers) AS unique_count_affected
FROM grid;

+-----------------------+
| unique_count_affected |
|-----------------------|
| 280 |
+-----------------------+

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MIN
SELECT SELECT
MIN(affected_customers) AS min_affected_custome MIN(affected_customers) AS min_affected_custome
FROM grid; FROM grid
WHERE affected_customers > 0;

+------------------------+
| min_affected_customers | +------------------------+
|------------------------| | min_affected_customers |
| 0 | |------------------------|
+------------------------+ | 1 |
+------------------------+

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MAX
SELECT
MAX(affected_customers) AS max_affected_customers
FROM grid;

+------------------------+
| max_affected_customers |
|------------------------|
| 4645572 |
+------------------------+

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Average
SELECT
AVG(affected_customers) AS avg_affected_customers
FROM grid;

+------------------------+
| avg_affected_customers |
|------------------------|
| 86919 |
+------------------------+

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Let's practice!
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Strings
I N T R O D U C T I O N TO S Q L S E R V E R

John MacKintosh
Instructor
SELECT
description,
LEN(description) AS description_length
FROM grid;

+----------------+-----------------------------------+
| description | description_length |
|-------------------------------+--------------------|
| Severe Weather Thunderstorms | 29 |
| Severe Weather Thunderstorms | 29 |
| Severe Weather Thunderstorms | 29 |
| Fuel Supply Emergency Coal | 27 |
| Physical Attack Vandalism | 26 |
+----------------+-----------------------------------+

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SELECT
description,
LEFT(description, 20) AS first_20_left
FROM grid;

+-------------------------------+-----------------------+
| description | first_20_left |
|-------------------------------+-----------------------|
| Severe Weather Thunderstorms | Severe Weather Thun |
| Severe Weather Thunderstorms | Severe Weather Thun |
| Severe Weather Thunderstorms | Severe Weather Thun |
| Fuel Supply Emergency Coal | Fuel Supply Emergenc |
| Physical Attack Vandalism | Physical Attack Van |
+-------------------------------+-----------------------+

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SELECT
description,
RIGHT(description, 20) AS last_20
FROM grid;

+-------------------------------+----------------------+
| description | last_20 |
|-------------------------------+----------------------|
| Severe Weather Thunderstorms | ather Thunderstorms |
| Severe Weather Thunderstorms | ather Thunderstorms |
| Severe Weather Thunderstorms | ather Thunderstorms |
| Fuel Supply Emergency Coal | pply Emergency Coal |
| Physical Attack Vandalism | al Attack Vandalism |
+-------------------------------+----------------------+

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SELECT
CHARINDEX ('_', url) AS char_location,
url
FROM courses;

+---------------+-------------------------------------+
| char_location | url |
|---------------+-------------------------------------|
| 34 | datacamp.com/courses/introduction_ |
| 34 | datacamp.com/courses/intermediate_ |
| 29 | datacamp.com/courses/writing_ |
| 29 | datacamp.com/courses/joining_ |
| 27 | datacamp.com/courses/intro_ |
+---------------+-------------------------------------+

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SELECT
SUBSTRING(url, 12, 12) AS target_section,
url
FROM courses;

+------------------+----------------------------------+
| target_section | url |
+------------------+----------------------------------+
| www.datacamp.com |https//www.datacamp.com/courses |
+------------------+----------------------------------+

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REPLACE
SELECT
TOP(5) REPLACE(url, '_', '-') AS replace_with_hyphen
FROM courses;

+-------------------------------------+
| replace_with_hyphen |
+-------------------------------------|
| datacamp.com/courses/introduction- |
| datacamp.com/courses/intermediate- |
| datacamp.com/courses/writing- |
| datacamp.com/courses/joining- |
| datacamp.com/courses/intro- |
+-------------------------------------+

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Let's practice!
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Grouping and Having
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John MacKintosh
Instructor
A simple SELECT
SELECT
SUM(demand_loss_mw) AS lost_demand
FROM grid;

+-------------+
| lost_demand |
+-------------+
| 177888 |
+-------------+

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Grouping error
Can we break this down by adding an additional column?

SELECT
SUM(demand_loss_mw) AS lost_demand,
description
FROM grid;

Msg 8120, Level 16, State 1, Line 1


Column 'grid.description' is invalid in the select list because it is not contained in
either an aggregate function or the GROUP BY clause.

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SELECT
SUM(demand_loss_mw) AS lost_demand,
description
FROM grid
GROUP BY description;

+----------- -+-------------------------------------------------------+
| lost_demand | description |
+-------------+-------------------------------------------------------+
| NULL | Actual Physical Attack |
| NULL | Cold Weather Event |
| NULL | Cyber Event with Potential to Cause Impact |
| 40 | Distribution Interruption |
| 2 | Distribution System Interruption |
| NULL | Earthquake |
| NULL | Electrical Fault at Generator |
| 338 | Electrical System Islanding |
| 24514 | Electrical System Separation Islanding |
| 15 | Electrical System Separation Islanding Severe Weather |
+-------------+-------------------------------------------------------+

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SELECT
SUM(demand_loss_mw) AS lost_demand,
description
FROM grid
WHERE
description LIKE '%storm'
AND demand_loss_mw IS NOT NULL
GROUP BY description;

+----------- -+--------------------------------------------+
| lost_demand | description |
|-------------+--------------------------------------------|
| 996 | Ice Storm |
| 420 | Load Shed Severe Weather Lightning Storm |
| 332 | Major Storm |
| 3 | Severe Weather Thunderstorm |
| 413 | Severe Weather Wind Storm |
| 4171 | Severe Weather Winter Storm |
| 1352 | Winter Storm |
+-------------+--------------------------------------------+

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HAVING
Can use aggregate functions in SELECT

Filter data using WHERE

Split data into groups using GROUP BY

What if we want to sum values based on groups?

... and then lter on those sums?

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SELECT
SUM(demand_loss_mw) AS lost_demand,
description
FROM grid
WHERE
description LIKE '%storm'
AND demand_loss_mw IS NOT NULL
GROUP BY description;

+----------- -+--------------------------------------------+
| lost_demand | description |
+-------------+--------------------------------------------+
| 996 | Ice Storm |
| 420 | Load Shed Severe Weather Lightning Storm |
| 332 | Major Storm |
| 3 | Severe Weather Thunderstorm |
| 413 | Severe Weather Wind Storm |
| 4171 | Severe Weather Winter Storm |
| 1352 | Winter Storm |
+-------------+--------------------------------------------+

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SELECT
SUM(demand_loss_mw) AS lost_demand,
description
FROM grid
WHERE
description LIKE '%storm'
AND demand_loss_mw IS NOT NULL
GROUP BY description
HAVING SUM(demand_loss_mw) > 1000;

+----------- -+--------------------------------------------+
| lost_demand | description |
|-------------+--------------------------------------------|
| 4171 | Severe Weather Winter Storm |
| 1352 | Winter Storm |
+-------------+--------------------------------------------+

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Summary
GROUP BY splits the data up into combinations of one or more values

WHERE lters on row values

HAVING appears after the GROUP BY clause and lters on groups or aggregates

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Let's put our skills to
the test!
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