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SELECT flavor, SUM (ice_cream_sales) FROM sales_detail
GROUP BY flavor ORDER BY 2 DESC

If the "sales_detail" table contains ten records with
different values in the flavor column (two "vanilla,"
three "chocolate," four "strawberry," and one NULL), how
many rows are returned by the sample code above?

1. 0 rows
2. 1 row
3. 3 rows
4. 4 rows
5. 10 rows

Question Posted / suresh

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SELECT flavor, SUM (ice_cream_sales) FROM sales_detail GROUP BY flavor ORDER BY 2 DESC If the &..

Answer / tulsi

four rows will be returned displaying null as the last row

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SELECT flavor, SUM (ice_cream_sales) FROM sales_detail GROUP BY flavor ORDER BY 2 DESC If the &..

Answer / sdp

4 rows

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SELECT flavor, SUM (ice_cream_sales) FROM sales_detail GROUP BY flavor ORDER BY 2 DESC If the &..

Answer / gvmahesh

4 rows

1.vanilla
2.chocolate
3.strawberry
4.null

Is This Answer Correct ?    4 Yes 1 No

SELECT flavor, SUM (ice_cream_sales) FROM sales_detail GROUP BY flavor ORDER BY 2 DESC If the &..

Answer / kapil

It would return 4 rows

because there is also a sum of ice_cream_sales for null also

so it would return 4 rows including null with order
dependimg on the value of sum function returned .

Is This Answer Correct ?    3 Yes 1 No

SELECT flavor, SUM (ice_cream_sales) FROM sales_detail GROUP BY flavor ORDER BY 2 DESC If the &..

Answer / sree

3 rows

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SELECT flavor, SUM (ice_cream_sales) FROM sales_detail GROUP BY flavor ORDER BY 2 DESC If the &..

Answer / roopa

3rows'

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SELECT flavor, SUM (ice_cream_sales) FROM sales_detail GROUP BY flavor ORDER BY 2 DESC If the &..

Answer / shilpa.oracle

3 Rows.
Because group functions ignore NULL values.

flavour sum(ice_cream_sales)
vanilla 10
chocolate 27
strawberry 8

Is This Answer Correct ?    2 Yes 5 No

SELECT flavor, SUM (ice_cream_sales) FROM sales_detail GROUP BY flavor ORDER BY 2 DESC If the &..

Answer / guest

10 rows

Is This Answer Correct ?    1 Yes 9 No

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