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Lionel Pena
3,346 PointsAVG(<numeric column>) and WHERE
In the previous video, it was stated that HAVING is used in conjunction with Aggregate Functions instead of WHERE. However, this video states you can use WHERE with AVG(<numeric column>). I thought AVG was an Aggregate Function and from what I've searched online this is true. So shouldn't we be using HAVING or is HAVING only used along with GROUP BY?
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Steven Parker
231,248 Points
HAVING is not intended as a replacement for WHERE.
They really have different purposes, and yes, they can be used together. WHERE would still be used when you are filtering on any per-row condition. HAVING would only apply when you need to filter on a condition that can only be tested against an aggregated value.
When the video says "To find the average on a subset of records, you could add a where clause.", it just means that the WHERE clause would be used to obtain the record subset (the per-row condition) that the average would then be applied to.
When constructing a query, a WHERE clause will be placed before a GROUP BY, and HAVING (if used) would be placed after it.