SQL Aggregate Functions
SQL Aggregate Functions
An aggregate function is a function that performs a calculation on a set of values, and returns a single value.
Aggregate functions are often used with the GROUP
BY clause of the SELECT
statement. The GROUP BY clause splits the result-set into groups of values and
the aggregate function can be used to return a single value for each group.
The most commonly used SQL aggregate functions are:
MIN()- returns the smallest value within the selected columnMAX()- returns the largest value within the selected columnCOUNT()- returns the number of rows in a setSUM()- returns the total sum of a numerical columnAVG()- returns the average value of a numerical column
Aggregate functions ignore null values (except for COUNT(*)).
We will go through the aggregate functions above in the next chapters.