MySQL Aggregate Function Exercises: Get the total salaries payable to employees

MySQL Aggregate Function: Exercise-2 with Solution

Write a query to get the total salaries payable to employees.

Sample table: employees

Code:

SELECT SUM(salary) 
FROM employees;

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