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The HAVING clause was added to SQL because the WHERE keyword could not be used with aggregate functions.
SELECT column_name, aggregate_function(column_name) FROM table_name WHERE column_name operator value GROUP BY column_name HAVING aggregate_function(column_name) operator value |
We have the following "Orders" table:
O_Id | OrderDate | OrderPrice | Customer |
---|---|---|---|
1 | 2008/11/12 | 1000 | Hansen |
2 | 2008/10/23 | 1600 | Nilsen |
3 | 2008/09/02 | 700 | Hansen |
4 | 2008/09/03 | 300 | Hansen |
5 | 2008/08/30 | 2000 | Jensen |
6 | 2008/10/04 | 100 | Nilsen |
Now we want to find if any of the customers have a total order of less than 2000.
We use the following SQL statement:
SELECT Customer,SUM(OrderPrice) FROM Orders GROUP BY Customer HAVING SUM(OrderPrice)<2000 |
The result-set will look like this:
Customer | SUM(OrderPrice) |
---|---|
Nilsen | 1700 |
Now we want to find if the customers "Hansen" or "Jensen" have a total order of more than 1500.
We add an ordinary WHERE clause to the SQL statement:
SELECT Customer,SUM(OrderPrice) FROM Orders WHERE Customer='Hansen' OR Customer='Jensen' GROUP BY Customer HAVING SUM(OrderPrice)>1500 |
The result-set will look like this:
Customer | SUM(OrderPrice) |
---|---|
Hansen | 2000 |
Jensen | 2000 |
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