How much you paid for each author's books, in total and on average
mysql> mysql> CREATE TABLE author -> ( -> a_id INT UNSIGNED NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT, # author ID -> name VARCHAR(30) NOT NULL, # author name -> PRIMARY KEY (a_id), -> UNIQUE (name) -> ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.01 sec) mysql> CREATE TABLE book -> ( -> a_id INT UNSIGNED NOT NULL, # author ID -> p_id INT UNSIGNED NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT, # book ID -> title VARCHAR(100) NOT NULL, # title of book -> state VARCHAR(2) NOT NULL, # state where purchased -> price INT UNSIGNED, # purchase price (dollars) -> INDEX (a_id), -> PRIMARY KEY (p_id) -> ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.01 sec) mysql> mysql> INSERT INTO author (name) VALUES -> ('Tom'), -> ('Monet'), -> ('Jack'), -> ('Picasso'), -> ('Mary') -> ; Query OK, 5 rows affected (0.00 sec) Records: 5 Duplicates: 0 Warnings: 0 mysql> mysql> mysql> mysql> INSERT INTO book (a_id,title,state,price) -> SELECT a_id, 'Database', 'IN', 34 FROM author WHERE name = 'Tom'; Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec) Records: 1 Duplicates: 0 Warnings: 0 mysql> mysql> INSERT INTO book (a_id,title,state,price) -> SELECT a_id, 'SQL', 'MI', 87 FROM author WHERE name = 'Tom'; Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec) Records: 1 Duplicates: 0 Warnings: 0 mysql> mysql> INSERT INTO book (a_id,title,state,price) -> SELECT a_id, 'MySQL', 'KY', 48 FROM author WHERE name = 'Jack'; Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec) Records: 1 Duplicates: 0 Warnings: 0 mysql> INSERT INTO book (a_id,title,state,price) -> SELECT a_id, 'XML', 'KY', 67 FROM author WHERE name = 'Jack'; Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec) Records: 1 Duplicates: 0 Warnings: 0 mysql> INSERT INTO book (a_id,title,state,price) -> SELECT a_id, 'Java', 'IA', 33 FROM author WHERE name = 'Jack'; Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec) Records: 1 Duplicates: 0 Warnings: 0 mysql> mysql> INSERT INTO book (a_id,title,state,price) -> SELECT a_id, 'HTML', 'NE', 64 FROM author WHERE name = 'Mary'; Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec) Records: 1 Duplicates: 0 Warnings: 0 mysql> mysql> mysql> SELECT author.name, -> COUNT(*) AS 'number of books', -> SUM(book.price) AS 'total price', -> AVG(book.price) AS 'average price' -> FROM author, book WHERE author.a_id = book.a_id -> GROUP BY author.name; +------+-----------------+-------------+---------------+ | name | number of books | total price | average price | +------+-----------------+-------------+---------------+ | Jack | 3 | 148 | 49.3333 | | Mary | 1 | 64 | 64.0000 | | Tom | 2 | 121 | 60.5000 | +------+-----------------+-------------+---------------+ 3 rows in set (0.00 sec) mysql> mysql> mysql> drop table book; Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec) mysql> drop table author; Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)