How to Group by Two Columns in SQL Database: T-SQL MySQL PostgreSQL Oracle SQLite Operators: GROUP BY Problem: You want to group your data by two columns so you can count some statistics. Example: In the order table, you have the columns order_date, product_id, customer_id, and number. You would like to count the number of products bought by each customer each day. The order table looks like this: order_dateproduct_idcustomer_idnumber 2020-11-25711 2020-11-251213 2020-11-265312 2020-11-26124 2020-11-26321 2020-11-261627 2020-11-26332 2020-11-27631 Solution: SELECT order_date, customer_id, SUM(number) AS products_number FROM order The result is: order_datecustomer_idproducts_number 2020-11-2632 2020-11-2731 2020-11-26212 2020-11-2514 2020-11-2612 Discussion: To group by two columns, simply use GROUP BY with two columns. The column names should be listed after the GROUP BY keyword and separated by a comma. Groups will be created based on the values of both columns; for each pair of values, a separate group is created (e.g. ('2020-11-25', 1)). Look at the table below, where each group is presented in a different color: order_datecustomer_idproduct_idnumber 2020-11-25171 2020-11-251123 2020-11-261532 2020-11-26214 2020-11-26231 2020-11-262167 2020-11-26332 2020-11-27361 If one or both columns have NULL values, these values are treated as a separate group (e.g., ('2020-11-26', NULL), (NULL, 5) or (NULL, NULL)). On the other hand, if there are NULLs in a column on which we apply an aggregate function, the NULL values are simply omitted. (In this example, the aggregate function is SUM() and the column is number). If we had the number values 2, 1, and NULL for one of the groups, the SUM(number) would equal 3 (2 and 1 are added together, and NULL is omitted.) Similarly, you could group by any number of columns – just write the column names in the GROUP BY clause and separate them with commas. Recommended courses: SQL Basics Standard SQL Functions SQL Practice Set Recommended articles: NULL Values and the GROUP BY Clause Using GROUP BY in SQL 5 Examples of GROUP BY GROUP BY Clause: How Well Do You Know It? Getting the Hang of the GROUP BY Clause GROUP BY in SQL Explained See also: How to Group by Month in PostgreSQL How to Select the First Row in Each GROUP BY Group How to Order Rows by Group Sum in SQL Subscribe to our newsletter Join our monthly newsletter to be notified about the latest posts. Email address How Do You Write a SELECT Statement in SQL? What Is a Foreign Key in SQL? Enumerate and Explain All the Basic Elements of an SQL Query