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GROUP BY ROLLUP

GROUP BY ROLLUP is an extension of the GROUP BY clause that produces sub-total rows (in addition to the grouped rows). Sub-total rows are rows that further aggregate whose values are derived by computing the same aggregate functions that were used to produce the grouped rows.

Syntax​

SELECT ...
FROM ...
[ ... ]
GROUP BY ROLLUP ( groupRollup [ , groupRollup [ , ... ] ] )
[ ... ]

Where:

groupRollup ::= { <column_alias> | <position> | <expr> }

  • <column_alias>: Column alias appearing in the query block’s SELECT list

  • <position>: Position of an expression in the SELECT list

  • <expr>: Any expression on tables in the current scope

Examples​

Let's create a sample table named sales_data and insert some data:

CREATE TABLE sales_data (
  region VARCHAR(255),
  product VARCHAR(255),
  sales_amount INT
);

INSERT INTO sales_data (region, product, sales_amount) VALUES
  ('North', 'WidgetA', 200),
  ('North', 'WidgetB', 300),
  ('South', 'WidgetA', 400),
  ('South', 'WidgetB', 100),
  ('West', 'WidgetA', 300),
  ('West', 'WidgetB', 200);

Now, let's use the GROUP BY ROLLUP clause to get the total sales amount for each region and product, along with sub-totals for each region:

SELECT region, product, SUM(sales_amount) AS total_sales
FROM sales_data
GROUP BY ROLLUP (region, product);

The result will be:

+--------+---------+-------------+
| region | product | total_sales |
+--------+---------+-------------+
| South  | NULL    |         500 |
| West   | NULL    |         500 |
| North  | NULL    |         500 |
| West   | WidgetB |         200 |
| NULL   | NULL    |        1500 |
| North  | WidgetB |         300 |
| South  | WidgetA |         400 |
| North  | WidgetA |         200 |
| West   | WidgetA |         300 |
| South  | WidgetB |         100 |
+--------+---------+-------------+

In this example, the GROUP BY ROLLUP clause calculates the total sales for each region-product combination, each region, and the grand total.