SQL error when using Group By: Each GROUP BY expression must contain at least one column that is not an outer reference

Question

I\'ve been getting this error when doing what I thought to be one of the simplest possible queries! I see other people have run into issues here too, and I\'ve looked throug

Answer 1

You want:

SELECT Count(id), [Name]
FROM groupbytest 
GROUP BY [Name]

GROUP BY 'Name' tries to group on the literal string 'Name', not the column Name.

Name also may be a reserved word, hence the brackets around it, although you're better off not calling the column Name.