The table looks like
column1 column2 column3
400196 2021-07-06 33
400196 2021-07-06 33
400196 2021-08-16 33
I want to get the sum of column3 values based on grouping of column 1 but the duplicate values of date should not be added
The desired output is:
column1 column3
400196 66
The query I wrote is
select sum(column3)
from table_name
group by column1
But this gives me result 99
You can remove duplicate values in a subquery:
select t.column1, sum(t.column3)
from (select distinct t.column1, t.column2, t.column3
from t
) t
group by t.column1;
Note: This sort of problem can arise when you are joining tables together. Removing duplicates may not always be the right solution. Often it is better to do the calculation before joining, so you don't have duplicate values to deal with.
You could use a two step process here, first remove duplicates, then aggregate and sum:
SELECT column1, SUM(column3) AS column3
FROM (SELECT DISTINCT column1, column2, column3 FROM yourTable) t
GROUP BY column1;
