Syntax error Get the sum of columns for duplicate records in MySQL

Get the sum of columns for duplicate records in MySQL



For this, use GROUP BY clause along with aggregate function SUM(). Let us first create a table −

mysql> create table DemoTable(
   Name varchar(100),
   Score int
);
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.70 sec)

Insert some records in the table using insert command −

mysql> insert into DemoTable values('Adam',50);
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.14 sec)
mysql> insert into DemoTable values('Bob',80);
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.13 sec)
mysql> insert into DemoTable values('Adam',70);
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.14 sec)
mysql> insert into DemoTable values('Adam',10);
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.12 sec)
mysql> insert into DemoTable values('Carol',98);
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.17 sec)
mysql> insert into DemoTable values('Bob',10);
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.08 sec)

Display all records from the table using select statement −

mysql> select *from DemoTable;

This will produce the following output −

+-------+-------+
| Name  | Score |
+-------+-------+
| Adam  |    50 |
| Bob   |    80 |
| Adam  |    70 |
| Adam  |    10 |
| Carol |    98 |
| Bob   |    10 |
+-------+-------+
6 rows in set (0.00 sec)

Following is the query to get the sum of columns for duplicate records in MySQL −

mysql> select Name,sum(Score) from DemoTable group by Name;

This will produce the following output −

+-------+------------+
| Name  | sum(Score) |
+-------+------------+
| Adam  |        130 |
| Bob   |         90 |
| Carol |         98 |
+-------+------------+
3 rows in set (0.00 sec)
Updated on: 2019-09-03T13:57:26+05:30

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