Oracle Database Interview Question:

How To Divide Query Output into Groups in Oracle?

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You can divide query output into multiple groups with the GROUP BY clause. It allows you specify a column as the grouping criteria, so that rows with the same value in the column will be considered as a single group. When the GROUP BY clause is specified, the select statement can only be used to return group level information. The following script gives you a good GROUP BY example:

SQL> SELECT department_id, MIN(salary), MAX(salary),
2 AVG(salary) FROM employees GROUP BY department_id;
<pre>DEPARTMENT_ID MIN(SALARY) MAX(SALARY) AVG(SALARY)
------------- ----------- ----------- -----------
100 6900 12000 8600
30 2500 11000 4150
7000 7000 7000
90 17000 24000 19333.3333
20 6000 13000 9500
70 10000 10000 10000
110 8300 12000 10150
50 2100 8200 3475.55556
......</pre>
Submitted by: Administrator