SQL Exercises: Count all orders of a specific date

SQL Aggregate Functions: Exercise-18 with Solution

Write a SQL statement that counts all orders for a date August 17th, 2012.

Sample table: orders

Sample Solution:

SELECT COUNT(*) 
FROM orders 
WHERE ord_date='2012-08-17';

Output of the Query:

count
2

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