PostgreSQL Group By
The PostgreSQL GROUP BY is used when at least one of the aggregation functions(count, max, min, sum, avg) is used in a select.
Group By syntax
SELECT column_name1, column_name2, function(column_name1)
FROM table_name
GROUP BY column_name1, column_name2
Group By example
Goods table
id |
good_type |
name |
description |
price |
1 |
A |
Car_1 |
Car 1 description |
100 |
2 |
A |
Car_2 |
Car 2 description |
200 |
3 |
A |
Car_3 |
Car 3 description |
100 |
4 |
B |
Boat_4 |
Boat 4 description |
500 |
5 |
B |
Boat_5 |
Boat 5 description |
300 |
6 |
C |
Train_1 |
Train 123 description |
800 |
SELECT good_type, count(good_type) g_count
FROM goods
GROUP BY good_type
Result
good_type |
g_count |
B |
2 |
C |
1 |
A |
3 |