Question

Below is an sql statement and an error I’m receiving. I have included all the possible fields from both tables, what is wrong? I want to group all returned items by the prodID

Column ‘orders.adminStatus’ is invalid in the select list because it is not contained in either an aggregate function or the GROUP BY clause

 SELECT TOP 20 
         ADMINSTATUS,   CURRENCY,   CUSTOMERID,     CUSTOMERMESSAGE,    DELTIME,    DELTOTAL,   DISCOUNT,   DISCOUNTCODE,   
         IP,    ITEMDES,    OPTIONS,    ORDEREDID,  ORDERTOTAL,
         oi.ORDER_ID,   o.ORDER_ID,     PAYMENTTYPE,    PPRICE,     PRODID,     QTY,    REASON,     SECURITYKEY,    SHIPADDRESS1,   
         SHIPADDRESS2,  SHIPADDRESS3,   SHIPCITY,   SHIPCOMPANY,    
         SHIPCOUNTRY,   SHIPCOUNTY,     SHIPMETHOD,
         SHIPNAME,  SHIPPOSTCODE,   STATUS,     STOCKCODE,  SUBTOTAL,   TAX,    TAXABLE,    TIMEDATE,   TXAUTHNO,   VENDORTXCODE,   VPSTXID
         FROM orderedItems oi
         left join orders o on  oi.order_id = o.order_id


    Group by PRODID

Answer 1

If you are selecting separate columns, they ALL need to appear in the GROUP BY clause unless they are aggregate functions.

See here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms177673.aspx

e.g.

SELECT TOP 20 
         ADMINSTATUS,   CURRENCY,   CUSTOMERID,     CUSTOMERMESSAGE,    DELTIME,    DELTOTAL,   DISCOUNT,   DISCOUNTCODE,   
         IP,    ITEMDES,    OPTIONS,    ORDEREDID,  ORDERTOTAL,
         oi.ORDER_ID,   o.ORDER_ID,     PAYMENTTYPE,    PPRICE,     PRODID,     QTY,    REASON,     SECURITYKEY,    SHIPADDRESS1,   
         SHIPADDRESS2,  SHIPADDRESS3,   SHIPCITY,   SHIPCOMPANY,    
         SHIPCOUNTRY,   SHIPCOUNTY,     SHIPMETHOD,
         SHIPNAME,  SHIPPOSTCODE,   STATUS,     STOCKCODE,  SUBTOTAL,   TAX,    TAXABLE,    TIMEDATE,   TXAUTHNO,   VENDORTXCODE,   VPSTXID
         FROM orderedItems oi
         left join orders o on  oi.order_id = o.order_id


    Group by ADMINSTATUS,   CURRENCY,   CUSTOMERID,     CUSTOMERMESSAGE,    DELTIME,    DELTOTAL,   DISCOUNT,   DISCOUNTCODE,   
         IP,    ITEMDES,    OPTIONS,    ORDEREDID,  ORDERTOTAL,
         oi.ORDER_ID,   o.ORDER_ID,     PAYMENTTYPE,    PPRICE,     PRODID,     QTY,    REASON,     SECURITYKEY,    SHIPADDRESS1,   
         SHIPADDRESS2,  SHIPADDRESS3,   SHIPCITY,   SHIPCOMPANY,    
         SHIPCOUNTRY,   SHIPCOUNTY,     SHIPMETHOD,
         SHIPNAME,  SHIPPOSTCODE,   STATUS,     STOCKCODE,  SUBTOTAL,   TAX,    TAXABLE,    TIMEDATE,   TXAUTHNO,   VENDORTXCODE,   VPSTXID