Retrieving the Top Five Students : Limits « Select Clause « SQL / MySQL

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SQL / MySQL » Select Clause » Limits 
Retrieving the Top Five Students

/*

mysql> Select * from StudentExam;
+-----------+------+------------+
| StudentID | Mark | Comments   |
+-----------+------+------------+
|        10 |   46 | Java       |
|        10 |   65 | C#         |
|        10 |   79 | JavaScript |
|        11 |   66 | Java       |
|        11 |   85 | C#         |
|        11 |   99 | JavaScript |
+-----------+------+------------+
6 rows in set (0.01 sec)

mysql> /* Real command */
mysql> SELECT StudentID, AVG(MarkAS AverageMark
    -> FROM StudentExam
    -> GROUP BY StudentID
    -> ORDER BY AverageMark DESC
    -> LIMIT 05;
+-----------+-------------+
| StudentID | AverageMark |
+-----------+-------------+
|        11 |     83.3333 |
|        10 |     63.3333 |
+-----------+-------------+
rows in set (0.02 sec)


*/
/* Create table */
Drop TABLE StudentExam;

CREATE TABLE StudentExam (
   StudentID  INT NOT NULL,
   Mark       INT,
   Comments   VARCHAR(255)
   
)TYPE = InnoDB;

/* Insert data */
INSERT INTO StudentExam (StudentID,Mark,CommentsVALUES (10,46,'Java');
INSERT INTO StudentExam (StudentID,Mark,CommentsVALUES (10,65,'C#');
INSERT INTO StudentExam (StudentID,Mark,CommentsVALUES (10,79,'JavaScript');

INSERT INTO StudentExam (StudentID,Mark,CommentsVALUES (11,66,'Java');
INSERT INTO StudentExam (StudentID,Mark,CommentsVALUES (11,85,'C#');
INSERT INTO StudentExam (StudentID,Mark,CommentsVALUES (11,99,'JavaScript');

Select * from StudentExam;

/* Real command */
 
SELECT StudentID, AVG(MarkAS AverageMark
FROM StudentExam
GROUP BY StudentID
ORDER BY AverageMark DESC
LIMIT 05;

           
       
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