Syntax error Using GROUP BY and MAX on multiple columns in MySQL?

Using GROUP BY and MAX on multiple columns in MySQL?

To understand the GROUP BY and MAX on multiple columns, let us first create a table. The query to create a table is as follows −

mysql> create table GroupByMaxDemo
   -> (
   -> Id int NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,
   -> CategoryId int,
   -> Value1 int,
   -> Value2 int
   -> );
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.68 sec)

Example

Insert some records in the table using insert command. The query is as follows −

mysql> insert into GroupByMaxDemo(CategoryId, Value1,Value2) values(10,100,50);
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.15 sec)
mysql> insert into GroupByMaxDemo(CategoryId, Value1,Value2) values(10,100,70);
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.21 sec)
mysql> insert into GroupByMaxDemo(CategoryId, Value1,Value2) values(10,50,100);
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.22 sec)
mysql> insert into GroupByMaxDemo(CategoryId, Value1,Value2) values(20,180,150);
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.19 sec)

Display all records from the table using a select statement. The query is as follows −

mysql> select *from GroupByMaxDemo;

Output

+----+------------+--------+--------+
| Id | CategoryId | Value1 | Value2 |
+----+------------+--------+--------+
|  1 |         10 |    100 |     50 |
|  2 |         10 |    100 |     70 |
|  3 |         10 |     50 |    100 |
|  4 |         20 |    180 |    150 |
+----+------------+--------+--------+
4 rows in set (0.00 sec)

Example

The following is the query to use GROUP BY and MAX on multiple columns −

mysql> select tbl2.CategoryId, tbl2.Value1, max(tbl2.Value2)
   -> from
   -> (
   -> select CategoryId, max(Value1) as `Value1`
   -> from GroupByMaxDemo
   -> group by CategoryId
   -> ) tbl1
   -> inner join GroupByMaxDemo tbl2 on tbl2.CategoryId = tbl1.CategoryId and tbl2.Value1 = tbl1.Value1
   -> group by tbl2.CategoryId, tbl2.Value1;

Output

+------------+--------+------------------+
| CategoryId | Value1 | max(tbl2.Value2) |
+------------+--------+------------------+
|         10 |    100 |               70 |
|         20 |    180 |              150 |
+------------+--------+------------------+
2 rows in set (0.00 sec)
Updated on: 2020-06-26T10:09:59+05:30

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