SQL Group By: An Explanation and How To Use It

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I don't usually comment on tutorial videos, but this video is so clear I just want you to know how helpful you are for beginners like me

[@DatabaseStar]

Glad it was helpful!

[@rickvazquez6578]

Mate you clarified something for me, I was wondering why I always had to add every other column I had to group by :) plenty helpful keep up the great tutorials!😃

[@DatabaseStar]

Glad it helped you understand the concept further!

[@sebastianhernandez9631]

I'm preparing for DP-900 exam and I was having a hard time with the Group By statement and aggregate functions. This video has helped me understand it perfectly. Thanks! Subscribed.

[@DatabaseStar]

Thanks! I'm glad the video helped you understand it.

[@rjjalaparthi545]

Clear cut explanation, i always had doubt why we need to group by column which we used in select statement when we use aggregate functions in select, now its so clear. Thanks for the help

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[@manojkumar-yc4xq]

What a clean and easy way of explaining the fact. Thank you SIR.

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[@user-iv9sh9fc3c]

you are definitely a database star. Thank you

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[@ordinaryperson-my7qr]

thanks sooooo much dude i NEVER wrapped my head around how this works now i am crystal clear :)

[@DatabaseStar]

Awesome, good to hear!

[@lexiwhitmore2197]

This was helpful and clear, thank you! I liked your group by question, because I tend to create a question like that when I'm struggling to formulate the correct query.

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[@COOKINGBIRD]

Your SQL video was exactly what I needed. Thank you for explaining it so clearly. 😄🎬💻🔍

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your explanations resonates with me on a deep level.

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This makes me happy. I’m glad the explanations help you!

[@khawar1690]

Very well explained. Aggregated function was helpful to me. Thank you

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[@diamondsandlipgloss]

1:18 why do we need the parenthesis around the asterisk in the SELECT FROM statement?

[@DatabaseStar]

Good question. It's because the word COUNT is a function, and functions need to have brackets at the end of the name so they can run. Inside the brackets for functions, we specify parameters, such as values or columns to be processed by the function. The COUNT function can count columns: for example, COUNT(first_name) counts the number of first_name values that are not NULL. The asterisk is a different parameter to the COUNT function, and it means "count the entire row". So, COUNT(*) means count the entire row. Hope that answers your question.

[@diamondsandlipgloss]

@@DatabaseStar got it, SO VERY helpful i don't know how i'll remember all of this 🤦🏾‍♀️

[@thebigcheese1153]

Thanks for actually explaining it.

[@DatabaseStar]

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[@aashutosh937]

Thank you for explaining it in such a simple way :)

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[@bot299i82]

😂 nobody understand group by

[@DatabaseStar]

It can be hard to understand

[@DCh-ks6ug]

that waaaaas veeeeery helpful thaaaaaank you

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[@nickjoseph2711]

Super helpful. First slide's visual really helped...

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[@Aliyaaugust]

Great explanation 💯🤍🤍🤍

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[@jatinsharma8353]

awesome most easiest explanation. Thanks man

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[@tsunamio7750]

Nice video! Your indentation hurts me, but thank you for this video; It is very well presented!

[@DatabaseStar]

Thanks! Do you prefer a different style of indentation for SQL code?

[@mrjump6745]

very detailed. clear. beautiful thanks ALOT really helpful

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[@higiniofuentes2551]

Thank you for this very useful video!

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[@douaz6905]

Thank you very much

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[@leonsant-jennings7417]

Cheers boss, I knew I had to use Group By but I didn't fully understand why.

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[@mustaphaelouahabi9316]

👋 Bravo! A very well-explained demo!

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[@mustaphaelouahabi9316]

@@DatabaseStar....... You're very welcome! Can you please make a crash course about "MySQL for Advanced Data Analytics"?

[@Mike-vj8do]

real good video, thank you!

[@DatabaseStar]

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[@dragoneer8756]

Good to know, most important part was that the field selected should be in the group by clause. THey completely left that out in class

[@DatabaseStar]

Glad you liked the video. Can’t believe they left that out of your class!

[@dragoneer8756]

@@DatabaseStar It was a very rushed class tbh. Teaching finished at the beginning of November so I'm self-studying for finals😅😅

[@salmaa7810]

very helpful; thank you!

[@DatabaseStar]

Thanks!

[@SpringRain23]

Excellent video !

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[@arvindt553]

Can you please give an example with two tables that have many to many relationships

[@DatabaseStar]

Good idea, I can do that.

[@user-vz7qd1br5o]

thank you.

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[@mostafa2199]

thanks it really helped

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[@Entertainmentmod]

Very good information

[@DatabaseStar]

Thanks!

[@statesman6379]

My only question is if you have 3 columns in the Select Statement with an aggregate function, for example, is it mandatory to always include all 3 columns in the group by clause? And if not, then how do we know which of the 3 columns must be included?

[@DatabaseStar]

Good question. Yes, it's mandatory to include all three columns in the Group By clause. If you don't, you'll get an error about columns in the Select not in the Group By (the exact error will depend on the database vendor). The only exception is some versions of MySQL allow you to have a mismatch between the Group By and the Select. But you'll get a result that won't be correct, such as showing the first group only but the aggregate function on all rows.

[@statesman6379]

@@DatabaseStar Thanks for the awesome reply! I just subscribed.

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Thanks for that.

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Thank you 👍

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thax

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Thanks

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[@mikkii3989]

I honestly gonna die with this language :")

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