SUM

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SUM is a SQL function used to get the sum of numeric column values. NULL values will be ignored. SUM(DISTINCT n) can be used to only sum unique values.

Examples[edit]

Sum of all employees' salaries:

SELECT SUM(sal) FROM emp;

Sum of salaries per department:

SELECT deptno, SUM(sal) FROM emp GROUP BY deptno;

Sum of distinct values:

SELECT SUM(DISTINCT ...

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