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Learn SQL_ Aggregate Functions Cheatsheet _ Codecademy

This document provides a comprehensive overview of SQL aggregate functions such as COUNT(), SUM(), MAX(), MIN(), and AVG(), along with their usage in queries. It also explains the GROUP BY and HAVING clauses for grouping and filtering results based on aggregate properties. Additionally, the ROUND() function is discussed for rounding numerical values in queries.

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Learn SQL_ Aggregate Functions Cheatsheet _ Codecademy

This document provides a comprehensive overview of SQL aggregate functions such as COUNT(), SUM(), MAX(), MIN(), and AVG(), along with their usage in queries. It also explains the GROUP BY and HAVING clauses for grouping and filtering results based on aggregate properties. Additionally, the ROUND() function is discussed for rounding numerical values in queries.

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Aggregate Functions

Column References

The GROUP BY and ORDER BY clauses can SELECT COUNT(*) AS 'total_movies',


reference the selected columns by number in which they
rating
appear in the SELECT statement. The example query
will count the number of movies per rating, and will: FROM movies
GROUP BY column 2 ( rating ) GROUP BY 2
ORDER BY column 1 ( total_movies ) ORDER BY 1;

SUM() Aggregate Function

The SUM() aggregate function takes the name of a SELECT SUM(salary)


column as an argument and returns the sum of all the
FROM salary_disbursement;
value in that column.

MAX() Aggregate Function

The MAX() aggregate function takes the name of a SELECT MAX(amount)


column as an argument and returns the largest value in a
FROM transactions;
column. The given query will return the largest value from
the amount column.

COUNT() Aggregate Function

The COUNT() aggregate function returns the total SELECT COUNT(*)


number of rows that match the specified criteria. For
FROM employees
instance, to find the total number of employees who have
less than 5 years of experience, the given query can be WHERE experience < 5;
used.
Note: A column name of the table can also be used
instead of * . Unlike COUNT(*) , this variation
COUNT(column) will not count NULL values in that
column.
GROUP BY Clause

The GROUP BY clause will group records in a result SELECT rating,


set by identical values in one or more columns. It is often
COUNT(*)
used in combination with aggregate functions to query
information of similar records. The GROUP BY clause FROM movies
can come after FROM or WHERE but must come GROUP BY rating;
before any ORDER BY or LIMIT clause.
The given query will count the number of movies per
rating.

MIN() Aggregate Function

The MIN() aggregate function returns the smallest SELECT MIN(amount)


value in a column. For instance, to find the smallest value
FROM transactions;
of the amount column from the table named
transactions , the given query can be used.

AVG() Aggregate Function

The AVG() aggregate function returns the average SELECT AVG(salary)


value in a column. For instance, to find the average
FROM employees
salary for the employees who have less than 5 years of
experience, the given query can be used. WHERE experience < 5;

HAVING Clause

The HAVING clause is used to further filter the result SELECT year,
set groups provided by the GROUP BY clause.
COUNT(*)
HAVING is often used with aggregate functions to filter
the result set groups based on an aggregate property. The FROM movies
given query will select only the records (rows) from only GROUP BY year
years where more than 5 movies were released per year.
HAVING COUNT(*) > 5;
The HAVING clause must always come after a
GROUP BY clause but must come before any
ORDER BY or LIMIT clause.
Aggregate Functions

Aggregate functions perform a calculation on a set of


values and return a single value:
COUNT()
SUM()
MAX()
MIN()
AVG()

ROUND() Function

The ROUND() function will round a number value to a SELECT year,


specified number of places. It takes two arguments: a
ROUND(AVG(rating), 2)
number, and a number of decimal places. It can be
combined with other aggregate functions, as shown in the FROM movies
given query. This query will calculate the average rating of WHERE year = 2015;
movies from 2015, rounding to 2 decimal places.

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