Question

(This is a rewrite of my previous question which may not have been clear enough)

I have a query for a MYSQL database which is as follows:

SELECT name,
SUM(IF(date_format (date, '%b, %Y')= 'Dec, 2011', 1,0)) AS `month1`, 
SUM(IF(date_format (date, '%b, %Y')= 'Jan, 2012', 1,0)) AS `month2`, 
SUM(IF(date_format (date, '%b, %Y')= 'Feb, 2012', 1,0)) AS `month3`, 
etc...

Which gets me a series of results like – month1=55, month2=70, month3=89 etc

In the query is a line –

COUNT(*) AS total FROM table order by total

Which effectively gives me a total of month1+month2+month3+ etc

However I also need to get an average of those same monthly totals

So I need a MySQL function that would effectively be something like

AVG (month1, month2, month3 etc) 

which would give the average of 55,70,89

Can anyone help?

Thanks very much

AS REQUESTED, COMPLETE QUERY IS –

SELECT name, 
    SUM(IF(date_format (date, '%b, %Y')= 'Nov, 2011', 1,0))/list*1000 AS `month1`, 
    SUM(IF(date_format (date, '%b, %Y')= 'Dec, 2011', 1,0))/list*1000 AS `month2`, 
    SUM(IF(date_format (date, '%b, %Y')= 'Jan, 2012', 1,0))/list*1000 AS `month3`, 
    SUM(IF(date_format (date, '%b, %Y')= 'Feb, 2012', 1,0))/list*1000 AS `month4`, 
    SUM(IF(date_format (date, '%b, %Y')= 'Mar, 2012', 1,0))/list*1000 AS `month5`, 
    SUM(IF(date_format (date, '%b, %Y')= 'Apr, 2012', 1,0))/list*1000 AS `month6`, 
    SUM(IF(date_format (date, '%b, %Y')= 'May, 2012', 1,0))/list*1000 AS `month7`, 
    SUM(IF(date_format (date, '%b, %Y')= 'Jun, 2012', 1,0))/list*1000 AS `month8`, 
    SUM(IF(date_format (date, '%b, %Y')= 'Jul, 2012', 1,0))/list*1000 AS `month9`, 
    SUM(IF(date_format (date, '%b, %Y')= 'Aug, 2012', 1,0))/list*1000 AS `month10`, 
    SUM(IF(date_format (date, '%b, %Y')= 'Sep, 2012', 1,0))/list*1000 AS `month11`, 
    SUM(IF(date_format (date, '%b, %Y')= 'Oct, 2012', 1,0))/list*1000 AS `month12`, 
    COUNT(*) AS total 
FROM table 
group by name 
order by total 

Answer 1

In your case you can use a subquery –

SELECT name,
  `month1`, `month2`, `month3`
  total,
  (`month1` + `month2` + `month3`) / 3 AS `avg`
FROM
  (SELECT name, 
    SUM(IF(date_format (date, '%b, %Y')= 'Nov, 2011', 1,0))/list*1000 AS `month1`, 
    SUM(IF(date_format (date, '%b, %Y')= 'Dec, 2011', 1,0))/list*1000 AS `month2`, 
    SUM(IF(date_format (date, '%b, %Y')= 'Jan, 2012', 1,0))/list*1000 AS `month3`, 
    COUNT(*) AS total 
  FROM table 
  GROUP BY name 
  ORDER BY total
  ) t

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But I’d suggest you to use something like this –

SELECT month, AVG(cnt) cnt FROM
  (SELECT MONTH(DATE) month, COUNT(*) cnt FROM table1 GROUP BY month) t
GROUP BY month WITH ROLLUP

…you only should add year support.