The function AVG returns the average value of items in a group. Without a
GROUP BY clause it will return the average of all rows. This is equals to SUM( x
) / COUNT( x ).
SQL Syntax:
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AVG( expression ) |
Parameters:
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expression
A numeric expression without a aggregate function.
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Return Type:
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the same as the expression. |
Examples:
SELECT AVG( price ) FROM mytable
SELECT AVG( price ) FROM mytable
SELECT AVG( price ) FROM mytable t GROUP BY t.name
see also:
COUNT
SUM
SQL Aggregate Functions
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