mysql

[johnsapante]

I have a problem of creating mysql that return a single value, calculated from values in a column.what kinds of function i think to use?

[emilynlacao]

you can try this some of fuctions;

Useful aggregate functions:

AVG() - Returns the average value
COUNT() - Returns the number of rows
FIRST() - Returns the first value
LAST() - Returns the last value
MAX() - Returns the largest value
MIN() - Returns the smallest value
SUM() - Returns the sum

it depend on the problem you want to solve :)

[rch1231]

What you are looking for is probably the group by clause. Group By consolidates the results for a unique value of one of the data fields. Below is an example of two tables joined and results given using group by.

To display the artists by name rather than ID numbers, join the painting table to the artist table:

SELECT artist.name AS painter, COUNT(painting.a_id) AS count
FROM artist, painting
WHERE artist.a_id = painting.a_id
GROUP BY artist.name;



+----------+-------+
| painter  | count |
+----------+-------+
| Da Vinci |     2 |
| Renoir   |     1 |
| Van Gogh |     3 |
+----------+-------+