Question

I am writing a SQL Server statement to draw some data from 2 tables like this:-

$resume_full_name = "select * from [user] 

        left join [department]
        on [user].[departid] = [department].[departid]
        where id = '$value'                     
        order by [department].[departid] DESC";

and it works properly. However, when I try to add GROUP BY [department].[departid], wherever this phase I put, it gives error.

Warning: mssql_query() [function.mssql-query]: message: Incorrect
syntax near the keyword ‘GROUP’. (severity 15) in
D:\project\true2\admin\page\ur\list.php on line 86 Warning:
mssql_query() [function.mssql-query]: Query failed in
D:\project\true2\admin\page\ur\list.php on line 86 Warning:
mssql_fetch_array(): supplied argument is not a valid MS SQL-result
resource in D:\project\true2\admin\page\ur\list.php on line 88

Actually, do mssql suppport Group By? if not, how can we group things together? Thanks

Answer 1

Yes it does support GROUP BY, but you cannot SELECT * at the top, you have to apply an aggregate function (e.g. SUM or AVG) to some other field on which the aggregate of grouped rows will be shown.