Dùng GROUP BY gom nhóm giá trị cột, có thể tính toán (COUNT, SUM, AVG...). Tạo view Info từ Student_info:
mysql> Select * from Student_info;
+------+---------+------------+------------+
| id | Name | Address | Subject |
+------+---------+------------+------------+
| 101 | YashPal | Amritsar | History |
| 105 | Gaurav | Chandigarh | Literature |
| 125 | Raman | Shimla | Computers |
| 130 | Ram | Jhansi | Computers |
| 132 | Shyam | Chandigarh | Economics |
| 133 | Mohan | Delhi | Computers |
+------+---------+------------+------------+
6 rows in set (0.00 sec)
Cú pháp
Create or Replace View view_name AS Select_statements FROM table GROUP BY expression1, expression2, ... expression_n;
Ví dụ
mysql> Create or Replace View Info AS select Subject, COUNT(*) FROM Student_info GROUP BY Subject;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.10 sec)
mysql> Select * from info;
+------------+----------+
| Subject | COUNT(*) |
+------------+----------+
| Computers | 3 |
| Economics | 1 |
| History | 1 |
| Literature | 1 |
+------------+----------+
4 rows in set (0.00 sec)
mysql> Create or Replace View Info AS select Subject, Name, COUNT(Subject) FROM Student_info GROUP BY Subject, Name;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.05 sec)
mysql> Select * from info;
+------------+---------+----------------+
| Subject | Name | COUNT(Subject) |
+------------+---------+----------------+
| Computers | Mohan | 1 |
| Computers | Ram | 1 |
| Computers | Raman | 1 |
| Economics | Shyam | 1 |
| History | YashPal | 1 |
| Literature | Gaurav | 1 |
+------------+---------+----------------+
6 rows in set (0.00 sec)
GROUP BY gom hàng thành các hàng tóm tắt theo giá trị cột.