SQL SUM()
Function
SUM() Function
The SUM() function returns the total sum of a numeric column.
SQL SUM() Syntax
Demo Database
In this tutorial, we will use the tutorialpro sample database.
Below is the data from the "access_log" table:
mysql> SELECT * FROM access_log;
+-----+---------+-------+------------+
| aid | site_id | count | date |
+-----+---------+-------+------------+
| 1 | 1 | 45 | 2016-05-10 |
| 2 | 3 | 100 | 2016-05-13 |
| 3 | 1 | 230 | 2016-05-14 |
| 4 | 2 | 10 | 2016-05-14 |
| 5 | 5 | 205 | 2016-05-14 |
| 6 | 4 | 13 | 2016-05-15 |
| 7 | 3 | 220 | 2016-05-15 |
| 8 | 5 | 545 | 2016-05-16 |
| 9 | 3 | 201 | 2016-05-17 |
+-----+---------+-------+------------+
9 rows in set (0.00 sec)
SQL SUM() Example
The following SQL statement finds the total sum of the "count" field in the "access_log" table:
Example
SELECT SUM(count) AS nums FROM access_log;
Executing the above SQL outputs the following result: