SUM functions in MySQL use the tutorial

  • 2020-10-31 22:00:54
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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)



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