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MySQL GROUP BY statement

GROUP BY statement based on one or more columns in the result set into groups.

In the column grouping we can use COUNT, SUM, AVG, and other functions.

GROUP BY Syntax

SELECT column_name, function(column_name)
FROM table_name
WHERE column_name operator value
GROUP BY column_name;

Examples Demo

Examples of this chapter to use the following table structure and data, before we can begin using the following data into the database.

SET NAMES utf8;
SET FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS = 0;

-- ----------------------------
--  Table structure for `employee_tbl`
-- ----------------------------
DROP TABLE IF EXISTS `employee_tbl`;
CREATE TABLE `employee_tbl` (
  `id` int(11) NOT NULL,
  `name` char(10) NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
  `date` datetime NOT NULL,
  `singin` tinyint(4) NOT NULL DEFAULT '0' COMMENT '登录次数',
  PRIMARY KEY (`id`)
) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8;

-- ----------------------------
--  Records of `employee_tbl`
-- ----------------------------
BEGIN;
INSERT INTO `employee_tbl` VALUES ('1', '小明', '2016-04-22 15:25:33', '1'), ('2', '小王', '2016-04-20 15:25:47', '3'), ('3', '小丽', '2016-04-19 15:26:02', '2'), ('4', '小王', '2016-04-07 15:26:14', '4'), ('5', '小明', '2016-04-11 15:26:40', '4'), ('6', '小明', '2016-04-04 15:26:54', '2');
COMMIT;

SET FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS = 1;

After the import is successful, execute the following SQL statement:

mysql> set names utf8;
mysql> SELECT * FROM employee_tbl;
+----+--------+---------------------+--------+
| id | name   | date                | singin |
+----+--------+---------------------+--------+
|  1 | 小明 | 2016-04-22 15:25:33 |      1 |
|  2 | 小王 | 2016-04-20 15:25:47 |      3 |
|  3 | 小丽 | 2016-04-19 15:26:02 |      2 |
|  4 | 小王 | 2016-04-07 15:26:14 |      4 |
|  5 | 小明 | 2016-04-11 15:26:40 |      4 |
|  6 | 小明 | 2016-04-04 15:26:54 |      2 |
+----+--------+---------------------+--------+
6 rows in set (0.00 sec)

Next, we use the GROUP BY statement to the data table group by name, and counts the number of records for each person:

mysql> SELECT name, COUNT(*) FROM   employee_tbl GROUP BY name;
+--------+----------+
| name   | COUNT(*) |
+--------+----------+
| 小丽 |        1 |
| 小明 |        3 |
| 小王 |        2 |
+--------+----------+
3 rows in set (0.01 sec)

Use WITH ROLLUP

WITH ROLLUP can be implemented on the basis of statistical data in the packet and then subjected to the same statistics (SUM, AVG, COUNT ...).

For example, we will be more than one data table group by name, and then count the number of times each person who is registered:

mysql> SELECT name, SUM(singin) as singin_count FROM  employee_tbl GROUP BY name WITH ROLLUP;
+--------+--------------+
| name   | singin_count |
+--------+--------------+
| 小丽 |            2 |
| 小明 |            7 |
| 小王 |            7 |
| NULL   |           16 |
+--------+--------------+
4 rows in set (0.00 sec)

NULL indicates which record all login attempts.

We can use coalesce to set a substitute NUll name, coalesce syntax:

select coalesce(a,b,c);

Parameter Description:! If a == null, then select b; if b == null, then select c; if a = null, then choose a; if abc are null, return null (the meaningless).

The following example, if the name is empty we use instead of the total number:

mysql> SELECT coalesce(name, '总数'), SUM(singin) as singin_count FROM  employee_tbl GROUP BY name WITH ROLLUP;
+--------------------------+--------------+
| coalesce(name, '总数') | singin_count |
+--------------------------+--------------+
| 小丽                   |            2 |
| 小明                   |            7 |
| 小王                   |            7 |
| 总数                   |           16 |
+--------------------------+--------------+
4 rows in set (0.01 sec)