SQL SUM() Function



The SUM() Function


The SUM() function returns the total sum of a numeric column.

SQL SUM() Syntax

SELECT SUM(column_name) FROM table_name

SQL SUM() Example

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 the sum of all "OrderPrice" fields".
We use the following SQL statement:
SELECT SUM(OrderPrice) AS OrderTotal FROM Orders
The result-set will look like this:
OrderTotal
5700

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