SQL Order By Count

Question

If I have a table and data like this:

ID |  Name  |  Group   

1    Apple     A    

2    Boy       A

3    Cat       B

4    Dog       C

5    Elep      C

         


        

Answer 1

Q. List the name of each show, and the number of different times it has been held. List the show which has been held most often first.

event_id show_id event_name judge_id
0101    01  Dressage        01
0102    01  Jumping         02
0103    01  Led in          01
0201    02  Led in          02
0301    03  Led in          01
0401    04  Dressage        04
0501    05  Dressage        01
0502    05  Flag and Pole   02

Ans:

select event_name, count(show_id) as held_times from event 
group by event_name 
order by count(show_id) desc

Answer 2

You need to aggregate the data first, this can be done using the GROUP BY clause:

SELECT Group, COUNT(*)
FROM table
GROUP BY Group
ORDER BY COUNT(*) DESC

The DESC keyword allows you to show the highest count first, ORDER BY by default orders in ascending order which would show the lowest count first.