MySQL: Advanced SQL GROUP BY Exercises

This guide is specifically for MySQL syntax.

Advanced-level SQL GROUP BY practice exercises with solutions.

Exercise 1

Question: Find total revenue by product category and month.

SELECT 
  product_category,
  DATE_TRUNC('month', order_date) AS month,
  SUM(amount) AS total_revenue
FROM orders
GROUP BY product_category, DATE_TRUNC('month', order_date)
ORDER BY month, total_revenue DESC;

Group by multiple columns for multi-dimensional analysis. DATE_TRUNC normalizes dates to month boundaries.

MySQL-Specific Notes

This page covers MySQL syntax. Other databases may have different syntax for similar operations.