SELECT - HAVING (Transact-SQL)

Applies to: SQL Server Azure SQL Database Azure SQL Managed Instance Azure Synapse Analytics Analytics Platform System (PDW) SQL analytics endpoint in Microsoft Fabric Warehouse in Microsoft Fabric SQL database in Microsoft Fabric

Specifies a search condition for a group or an aggregate. HAVING can be used only with the SELECT statement. HAVING is typically used with a GROUP BY clause. When GROUP BY is not used, there is an implicit single, aggregated group.

Transact-SQL syntax conventions

Syntax

[ HAVING <search condition> ]  

Arguments

<search_condition> Specifies one or more predicates for groups and/or aggregates to meet. For more information about search conditions and predicates, see Search Condition (Transact-SQL).

The text, image, and ntext data types cannot be used in a HAVING clause.

Examples

The following example that uses a simple HAVING clause retrieves the total for each SalesOrderID from the SalesOrderDetail table that exceeds $100000.00.

USE AdventureWorks2022;  
GO  
SELECT SalesOrderID, SUM(LineTotal) AS SubTotal  
FROM Sales.SalesOrderDetail  
GROUP BY SalesOrderID  
HAVING SUM(LineTotal) > 100000.00  
ORDER BY SalesOrderID ;  

Examples: Azure Synapse Analytics and Analytics Platform System (PDW)

The following example uses a HAVING clause to retrieve the total SalesAmount that exceeds 80000 for each OrderDateKey from the FactInternetSales table.

-- Uses AdventureWorks  
  
SELECT OrderDateKey, SUM(SalesAmount) AS TotalSales   
FROM FactInternetSales  
GROUP BY OrderDateKey   
HAVING SUM(SalesAmount) > 80000  
ORDER BY OrderDateKey;  

See Also

GROUP BY (Transact-SQL)
WHERE (Transact-SQL)