SUM functions in MySQL use the tutorial
- 2020-10-31 22:00:54
- OfStack
The SUM function of MySQL is used to find the sum of the various fields in the record.
To understand the SUM function consider that the EMPLOYEE_TBL table has the following records:
mysql> SELECT * FROM employee_tbl;
+------+------+------------+--------------------+
| id | name | work_date | daily_typing_pages |
+------+------+------------+--------------------+
| 1 | John | 2007-01-24 | 250 |
| 2 | Ram | 2007-05-27 | 220 |
| 3 | Jack | 2007-05-06 | 170 |
| 3 | Jack | 2007-04-06 | 100 |
| 4 | Jill | 2007-04-06 | 220 |
| 5 | Zara | 2007-06-06 | 300 |
| 5 | Zara | 2007-02-06 | 350 |
+------+------+------------+--------------------+
7 rows in set (0.00 sec)
Now, assuming you want to calculate the total of all dialy_typing_pages from the table above, you can do this by using the following command:
mysql> SELECT SUM(daily_typing_pages)
-> FROM employee_tbl;
+-------------------------+
| SUM(daily_typing_pages) |
+-------------------------+
| 1610 |
+-------------------------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)
You can set the sum of the various records using the GROUP BY clause. The following example will summarize all relevant records by 1 person, and the total number of each person on the printed paper.
mysql> SELECT name, SUM(daily_typing_pages)
-> FROM employee_tbl GROUP BY name;
+------+-------------------------+
| name | SUM(daily_typing_pages) |
+------+-------------------------+
| Jack | 270 |
| Jill | 220 |
| John | 250 |
| Ram | 220 |
| Zara | 650 |
+------+-------------------------+
5 rows in set (0.17 sec)