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Return the field with highest count in MySQL
To return the field with highest count, use ORDER BY COUNT(*). Let us first create a table −
mysql> create table DemoTable1940 ( FirstName varchar(20) ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)
Insert some records in the table using insert command −
mysql> insert into DemoTable1940 values('Chris');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec)
mysql> insert into DemoTable1940 values('Mike');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec)
mysql> insert into DemoTable1940 values('Adam');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec)
mysql> insert into DemoTable1940 values('Mike');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec)
mysql> insert into DemoTable1940 values('Chris');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec)
mysql> insert into DemoTable1940 values('David');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec)
mysql> insert into DemoTable1940 values('Mike');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec)Display all records from the table using select statement −
mysql> select * from DemoTable1940;
This will produce the following output −
+-----------+ | FirstName | +-----------+ | Chris | | Mike | | Adam | | Mike | | Chris | | David | | Mike | +-----------+ 7 rows in set (0.00 sec)
Here is the query to return the field with highest count:
mysql> select * from DemoTable1940 group by FirstName order by count(*) desc limit 1;
This will produce the following output −
+-----------+ | FirstName | +-----------+ | Mike | +-----------+ 1 row in set (0.00 sec)
Updated on: 30-Dec-2019
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