Question

I have these data from a table. Example, I have table for points named tbl_points.
tbl_points contains :

ptsID, team1, team2.
1       10      20
2       20      10
3       30      5

How do I create a query that will sum up the points for team1 and team2?

Answer 1

The following query:

SELECT 
  SUM(team1) AS team1_points, 
  SUM(team2) AS team2_points
FROM
  tbl_points

will give you an one-row table as result:

| team1_points | team2_points |
| 60           | 35           |

Also, using name tbl_points is not good. It’s better to use no prefixes. Just name your table points, it will be clear enough.