SQL Exercises: Count how many salesmen each day register orders

SQL Aggregate Functions: Exercise-20 with Solution

From the following table, write a SQL query to count the number of orders based on the combination of each order date and salesperson. Return order date, salesperson id.

Sample table: orders

Sample Solution:

SELECT ord_date,salesman_id,COUNT(*) 
FROM orders 
GROUP BY ord_date,salesman_id;

Output of the Query:

ord_date	salesman_id	count
2012-07-27	5001		1
2012-08-17	5007		1
2012-04-25	5001		1
2012-09-10	5002		1
2012-10-05	5002		1
2012-10-10	5003		1
2012-09-10	5005		1
2012-08-17	5003		1
2012-06-27	5002		1
2012-09-10	5001		1
2012-10-05	5001		1
2012-10-10	5006		1

Code Explanation:

The said SQL query that count the number of orders placed on each date by each salesman. The "GROUP BY ord_date, salesman_id" clause groups the rows in the 'orders' table by the "ord_date" and "salesman_id" columns, and the "COUNT()" function counts the number of rows in each group.

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