5 Copyright © Oracle Corporation, 2001. All rights reserved. Aggregating Data Using Group Functions 5-2 Copyright © Oracle Corporation, 2001. All rights reserved. Objectives After completing this lesson, you should be able to do the following: • Identify the available group functions • Describe the use of group functions • Group data using the GROUP BY clause • Include or exclude grouped rows by using the HAVING clause 5-3 Copyright © Oracle Corporation, 2001. All rights reserved. What Are Group Functions? Group functions operate on sets of rows to give one result per group. EMPLOYEES The maximum salary in the EMPLOYEES table. … 5-4 Copyright © Oracle Corporation, 2001. All rights reserved. Types of Group Functions • AVG • COUNT • MAX • MIN • STDDEV • SUM • VARIANCE 5-5 Copyright © Oracle Corporation, 2001. All rights reserved. SELECT [column,] group_function(column), FROM table [WHERE condition] [GROUP BY column] [ORDER BY column]; Group Functions Syntax 5-6 Copyright © Oracle Corporation, 2001. All rights reserved. SELECT AVG(salary), MAX(salary), MIN(salary), SUM(salary) FROM employees WHERE job_id LIKE '%REP%'; Using the AVG and SUM Functions You can use AVG and SUM for numeric data. 5-7 Copyright © Oracle Corporation, 2001. All rights reserved. Using the MIN and MAX Functions You can use MIN and MAX for any data type. SELECT MIN(hire_date), MAX(hire_date) FROM employees; 5-8 Copyright © Oracle Corporation, 2001. All rights reserved. SELECT COUNT(*) FROM employees WHERE department_id = 50; Using the COUNT Function COUNT(*) returns the number of rows in a table. 5-9 Copyright © Oracle Corporation, 2001. All rights reserved. Using the COUNT Function • COUNT(expr) returns the number of rows with non-null values for the expr. • Display the number of department values in the EMPLOYEES table, excluding the null values. SELECT COUNT(commission_pct) FROM employees WHERE department_id = 80; 5-10 Copyright © Oracle Corporation, 2001. All rights reserved. SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT department_id) FROM employees; Using the DISTINCT Keyword • COUNT(DISTINCT expr) returns the number of distinct non-null values of the expr. • Display the number of distinct department values in the EMPLOYEES table. [...]... function ORA-00937: not a single -group group function Column missing in the GROUP BY clause 5-19 Copyright © Oracle Corporation, 2001 All rights Illegal Queries Using Group Functions • • • You cannot use the WHERE clause to restrict groups You use the HAVING clause to restrict groups You cannot use group functions in the WHERE clause SELECT SELECT FROM FROM WHERE WHERE GROUP BY GROUP BY department_id, AVG(salary)... Creating Groups of Data EMPLOYEES 4400 The average salary 3500 in EMPLOYEES table 6400 for each department 9500 10033 … 5-13 Copyright © Oracle Corporation, 2001 All rights Creating Groups of Data: The GROUP BY Clause Syntax SELECT FROM [WHERE [GROUP BY [ORDER BY column, group_ function(column) table condition] group_ by_expression] column]; Divide rows in a table into smaller groups by using the GROUP BY clause... Corporation, 2001 All rights Using the GROUP BY Clause All columns in the SELECT list that are not in group functions must be in the GROUP BY clause SELECT department_id, AVG(salary) FROM employees GROUP BY department_id ; 5-15 Copyright © Oracle Corporation, 2001 All rights Using the GROUP BY Clause The GROUP BY column does not have to be in the SELECT list SELECT AVG(salary) FROM employees GROUP BY department_id.. .Group Functions and Null Values Group functions ignore null values in the column SELECT AVG(commission_pct) FROM employees; 5-11 Copyright © Oracle Corporation, 2001 All rights Using the NVL Function with Group Functions The NVL function forces group functions to include null values SELECT AVG(NVL(commission_pct, 0)) FROM employees; 5-12 Copyright © Oracle Corporation, 2001 All rights Creating Groups... Use the HAVING clause to restrict groups: 1 Rows are grouped 2 The group function is applied 3 Groups matching the HAVING clause are displayed SELECT FROM [WHERE [GROUP BY [HAVING [ORDER BY 5-22 column, group_ function table condition] group_ by_expression] group_ condition] column]; Copyright © Oracle Corporation, 2001 All rights Using the HAVING Clause SELECT FROM GROUP BY HAVING 5-23 department_id,... rights Grouping by More Than One Column EMPLOYEES … 5-17 “Add up the salaries in the EMPLOYEES table for each job, grouped by department Copyright © Oracle Corporation, 2001 All rights Using the GROUP BY Clause on Multiple Columns SELECT department_id dept_id, job_id, SUM(salary) FROM employees GROUP BY department_id, job_id ; 5-18 Copyright © Oracle Corporation, 2001 All rights Illegal Queries Using Group. .. All rights Summary In this lesson, you should have learned how to: • • • Use the group functions COUNT, MAX, MIN, AVG Write queries that use the GROUP BY clause Write queries that use the HAVING clause SELECT FROM [WHERE [GROUP BY [HAVING [ORDER BY 5-26 column, group_ function(column) table condition] group_ by_expression] group_ condition] column]; Copyright © Oracle Corporation, 2001 All rights Practice... Copyright © Oracle Corporation, 2001 All rights Using the HAVING Clause SELECT FROM WHERE GROUP BY HAVING ORDER BY 5-24 job_id, SUM(salary) PAYROLL employees job_id NOT LIKE '%REP%' job_id SUM(salary) > 13000 SUM(salary); Copyright © Oracle Corporation, 2001 All rights Nesting Group Functions Display the maximum average salary SELECT MAX(AVG(salary)) FROM employees GROUP BY department_id; 5-25 Copyright ©... ERROR at line 3: ORA-00934: group function is not allowed here ORA-00934: group function is not allowed here Cannot use the WHERE clause to restrict groups 5-20 Copyright © Oracle Corporation, 2001 All rights Excluding Group Results EMPLOYEES … 5-21 The maximum salary per department when it is greater than $10,000 Copyright © Oracle Corporation, 2001 All rights Excluding Group Results: The HAVING Clause... column]; Copyright © Oracle Corporation, 2001 All rights Practice 5 Overview This practice covers the following topics: • • • 5-27 Writing queries that use the group functions Grouping by rows to achieve more than one result Excluding groups by using the HAVING clause Copyright © Oracle Corporation, 2001 All rights . available group functions • Describe the use of group functions • Group data using the GROUP BY clause • Include or exclude grouped rows by using the HAVING. Queries Using Group Functions • You cannot use the WHERE clause to restrict groups. • You use the HAVING clause to restrict groups. • You cannot use group functions