get the sum of a column in all rows mysql

I have a order table and I want to get the total sale till now. This table contain the column grand_total. I want to get the sum of this column from all row开发者_开发知识库s.

   order_id grand_total 
   1         10
   2         20

query should output 30

Thanks

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SELECT SUM(grand_total) FROM order

Here is a reference to aggregate functions in MYSQL.