GROUP BY CLAUSE :   Using a group function one can  group  entire table data and provide a single result,however
you can use the GROUP BY clause to break the result set into logical groupings and get a result for each group.

Q. To display no of employees in each dept we can use.

SQL >SELECT DEPTNO,COUNT(*) FROM EMP   GROUP BY DEPTNO;

    DEPTNO   COUNT(*)
---------- ----------
        10          3
        20          5
        30          6

Q. The total salary paid for each department and also when the last recruitment was made in that department.

SQL >SELECT DEPTNO,MAX(HIREDATE),SUM(SAL) FROM EMP    GROUP BY DEPTNO;

    DEPTNO MAX(HIRED   SUM(SAL)
---------- --------- ----------
        10 23-JAN-82       8750
        20 23-MAY-87      10875
        30 03-DEC-81       9400

When grouping using the GROUP BY clause you cannot use a WHERE clause to restrict the groups
that are returned, SQL provides another selection keyword, HAVING, to replace the WHERE clause

Q,To diplay those departments which have more than 5 employees in them we can write.
  SQL >SELECT DEPTNO, COUNT(*) FROM EMP
          GROUP BY DEPTNO
          HAVING COUNT(*) > 5 ;

    DEPTNO   COUNT(*)
---------- ----------
        30          6

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