Oracle GROUP BY Clause

In Oracle GROUP BY clause is used with SELECT statement to collect data from multiple records and group the results by one or more columns.

Syntax:

Parameters:

expression1, expression2, ... expression_n: It specifies the expressions that are not encapsulated within aggregate function. These expressions must be included in GROUP BY clause.

aggregate_function: It specifies the aggregate functions i.e. SUM, COUNT, MIN, MAX or AVG functions.

aggregate_expression: It specifies the column or expression on that the aggregate function is based on.

tables: It specifies the table from where you want to retrieve records.

conditions: It specifies the conditions that must be fulfilled for the record to be selected.

Oracle GROUP BY Example: (with SUM function)

Let's take a table "salesdepartment"

Salesdepartment table:

Execute this query:

Output

The above example will show the total sales of every individual item.

Oracle GROUP BY Example: (with COUNT function)

Let's take a table "customers"

Here we are creating a table named customers. This table doesn't have any primary key.

Customer table:

Execute this query:

Output:

Oracle GROUP BY Example: (with MIN function)

Let?s take a table "employees"

Employees table:

Execute this query:

Output:

Oracle GROUP BY Example: (with MAX function)

In this example, we are using "employees" table that is given above.

Execute this query:

Output: