SQL Exercises: Find the number of orders booked for each day

SQL Formatting Output: Exercise-2 with Solution

From the following table, write a SQL query to find the number of orders booked for each day. Return the result in a format like "For 2001-10-10 there are 15 orders".

Sample table: orders

Sample Solution:

SELECT ' For',ord_date,',there are', 
COUNT (ord_no),'orders.' 
FROM orders 
GROUP BY ord_date;

Output of the Query:

?column?	ord_date	?column?	count	?column?
For		2012-04-25	,there are	1	orders.
For		2012-06-27	,there are	1	orders.
For		2012-07-27	,there are	1	orders.
For		2012-08-17	,there are	2	orders.
For		2012-09-10	,there are	3	orders.
For		2012-10-05	,there are	2	orders.
For		2012-10-10	,there are	2	orders.

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