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MySQL - GROUP BY multiple columns
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In this article, we would like to show you how to use GROUP BY statement with multiple columns in MySQL.
Quick solution:
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SELECT `column1`, `column2`, `columnN`2
FROM `table_name`3
WHERE condition4
GROUP BY `column1`, `column2`, `columnN`5
ORDER BY `column_name`;To show how GROUP BY with multiple columns works, we will use the following table:
Note:
At the end of this article you can find database preparation SQL queries.
In this example, we will display the number of users with the same name and department_id.
Query:
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SELECT `name`, `department_id`, COUNT(*)2
FROM `users`3
GROUP BY `name`,`department_id`;Result:
Result explanation:
As we see, the COUNT(*) column contains the number of users with the same name and department_id. For example, there are three people named Ailisa in the department 3.
create_tables.sql file:
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CREATE TABLE `users` (2
`id` INT(10) UNSIGNED NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,3
`name` VARCHAR(50) NOT NULL,4
`surname` VARCHAR(50) NOT NULL,5
`department_id` INT(10) UNSIGNED,6
`salary` DECIMAL(15,2) NOT NULL,7
PRIMARY KEY (`id`)8
);insert_data.sql file:
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INSERT INTO `users`2
( `name`, `surname`, `department_id`, `salary`)3
VALUES4
('John', 'Stewart', 1, '2000.00'),5
('Chris', 'Brown', 3, '2000.00'),6
('Chris', 'Lewis', 3, '2000.00'),7
('Kate', 'Lewis', 3, '2000.00'),8
('Kate', 'Stewart', 3, '2000.00'),9
('Ailisa', 'Lewis', 3, '2000.00'),10
('Ailisa', 'Gomez', 3, '3000.00'),11
('Gwendolyn', 'James', 2, '3000.00'),12
('Simon', 'James', 2, '2000.00'),13
('Simon', 'Brown', 3, '2000.00'),14
('Simon', 'Collins', 3, '3000.00');