Mysql count occurrence by group

Question

Hi i have following table on mysql DB.

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║ REVIEW_ID ║ USER_ID ║ STATUS ║   DATE_ADDED   ║
╠═══════════╬═════════╬════════╬════════════════╣
║       218 ║       2 ║ cool   ║ 20130121134811 ║
║       218 ║       2 ║ cool   ║ 20130121134812 ║
║       218 ║       2 ║ lame   ║ 20130121134813 ║
║       218 ║       2 ║ funny  ║ 20130121134814 ║
║       218 ║       2 ║ funny  ║ 20130121134815 ║
║       218 ║       2 ║ funny  ║ 20130121134816 ║
║       218 ║       2 ║ lame   ║ 20130121134817 ║
╚═══════════╩═════════╩════════╩════════════════╝

how can i get a result where when i do query based on user_id i need to get result of total status for each type:

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║ STATUS ║ TOTALCOUNT ║
╠════════╬════════════╣
║ cool   ║          2 ║
║ funny  ║          3 ║
║ lame   ║          2 ║
╚════════╩════════════╝

Thanks

Answer 1

Use COUNT() which is an aggregate function, and group them according to their status

SELECT  status, COUNT(*) totalCount
FROM    tableName
GROUP   BY status

• SQLFiddle Demo

OTHER(s)

• MySQL GROUP BY with some Aggregate Functions List