Total() function
total() function returns the total or sum of all values of the column.
Syntax: total(name_of_the_column)
Python3
# import the sqlite module import sqlite3 # establishing a connection to the database connection = sqlite3.connect("sales.db") # creating a cursor object cursor = connection.cursor() # total monthly_sale Total_mon_sale= "select total(monthly_sale) from sales1"cursor.execute(Total_mon_sale) # Print the total score print("The total monthly sale of all items is:") print(cursor.fetchone()[0]) # Closing database connection connection.close() |
Output:
The total monthly sale of all items is: 26230.0
Using SQLite Aggregate functions in Python
In this article, we are going to see how to use the aggregate function in SQLite Python. An aggregate function is a database management function that groups the values of numerous rows into a single summary value. Average (i.e., arithmetic mean), sum, max, min, Count are common aggregation functions. SQLite provides us with many aggregate functions used for statistical analysis.
Database for demonstration: To download the database click here.