SQL select aggregate values in columns - mysql

Question

I have a table in this structure:
editor_id
rev_user
rev_year
rev_month
rev_page
edit_count
here is the sqlFiddle: http://sqlfiddle.com/#!2/8cbb1/1
I need to surface the 5 most active editors during March 2011 for example - i.e. for each rev_user - sum all of the edit_count for each rev_month and rev_year to all of the rev_pages.
Any suggestions how to do it?
UPDATE -
updated fiddle with demo data

Answer 1

You should be able to do it like this:
Select the total using SUM and GROUP BY, filtering by rev_year and rev_month
Order by the SUM in descending order
Limit the results to the top five items
Here is how:
SELECT * FROM (
SELECT rev_user, SUM(edit_count) AS total_edits
FROM edit_count_user_date
rev_year='2006' AND rev_month='09'
GROUP BY rev_user
) x
ORDER BY total_edits DESC
LIMIT 5
Demo on sqlfiddle.

Answer 2

Surely this is as straightforward as :
SELECT rev_user, SUM(edit_count) as TotalEdits
FROM edit_count_user_date
WHERE rev_month = 'March' and rev_year = '2014'
GROUP BY rev_user
ORDER BY TotalEdits DESC
LIMIT 5;
SqlFiddle here
May I also suggest using a more appropriate DATE type for the year and month storage?
Edit, re new Info
The below will return all edits for the given month for the 'highest' MonthTotal editor, and then re-group the totals by the rev_page.
SELECT e.rev_user, e.rev_page, SUM(e.edit_count) as TotalEdits
FROM edit_count_user_date e
INNER JOIN
(
SELECT rev_user, rev_year, rev_month, SUM(edit_count) AS MonthTotal
FROM edit_count_user_date
WHERE rev_month = '09' and rev_year = '2010'
GROUP BY rev_user, rev_year, rev_month
ORDER BY MonthTotal DESC
LIMIT 1
) as x
ON e.rev_user = x.rev_user AND e.rev_month = x.rev_month AND e.rev_year = x.rev_year
GROUP BY e.rev_user, e.rev_page;
SqlFiddle here - I've adjusted the data to make it more interesting.
However, if you need to do this across several months at a time, it will be more difficult given MySql's lack of partition by / analytical windowing functions.