COUNT

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COUNT ({ [ [ALL |DISTINCT] arithmetic_expression] |* } )

Description

The COUNT function returns the number of non-null values in the arithmetic_expression. The optional ALL and DISTINCT keywords are used to respectively retain or eliminate any duplicate values.

If you pass the * instead, the function returns the total number of records in the arithmetic_expression, including duplicate and NULL values.

Example

This example returns the number of movies from the MOVIES table:

   SELECT COUNT(*)
   FROM MOVIES

See Also

AVG, SUM.


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