Aggregate functions are very useful in getting meaningful information from a group.
Here we are looking at what will happen if the table has NULL values. Aggregate functions will ignore the Null values in the column.
Consider a Table TEMP1 with two columns
C1 - CHAR(1)
C2 - Integer
The Values in the table are
Here we are looking at what will happen if the table has NULL values. Aggregate functions will ignore the Null values in the column.
Consider a Table TEMP1 with two columns
C1 - CHAR(1)
C2 - Integer
The Values in the table are
| C1 | C2 |
| A | 100 |
| B | NULL |
| A | 200 |
| B | 100 |
| B | 400 |
| C | NULL |
| C | NULL |
SELECT C1, SUM(C2) SUM_C2,
MIN(C2) MIN_C2,
MAX(C2) MAX_C2,
AVG(C2) AVG_C2,
COUNT(*) COUNT_STAR,
COUNT(C2) COUNT_C2
FROM SESSION.TEMP1
GROUP BY C1;
Result will be
C1 SUM_C2 MIN_C2 MAX_C2 AVG_C2 COUNT_STAR COUNT_C2
---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+
A 300 100 200 150 2 2
B 500 100 400 250 3 2
C ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- 2 0
As you can see only Count(*) considers the rows with the Null values. Rest all functions ignore the Null Values.
Hope this helps you guys out there.