Count Issues

[Dev]

Hello all,

I am trying to get a total number of rows returned form a query.

SELECT count(this) from table group by this

Currently it is returning x rows with a count of each of the group by.

I need the count of the rows returned!

Any way to do this?

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[Andre Maasikas]

Dev wrote:

Hello all,

I am trying to get a total number of rows returned form a query.

SELECT count(this) from table group by this

Currently it is returning x rows with a count of each of the group by.

I need the count of the rows returned!

SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT this) FROM table

Andre

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[Steven Klassen]

* Dev <de*@umpa-us.com> [2004-10-14 16:54:56 -0400]:

I am trying to get a total number of rows returned form a query.

SELECT count(this) from table group by this

Remove the 'group by' clause -- you don't need it.

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[John Sidney-Woollett]

How about ...

select count(distinct this) from table

John Sidney-Woollett

Dev wrote:

Hello all,

I am trying to get a total number of rows returned form a query.

SELECT count(this) from table group by this

Currently it is returning x rows with a count of each of the group by.

I need the count of the rows returned!

Any way to do this?

----------

UMPA
Brian C. Doyle
Director, Internet Services
United Merchant Processing Association
<http://www.umpa-us.com>http://www.umpa-us.com
1-800-555-9665 ext 212

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[Luciano Bastianello]

SELECT COUNT(*) from mytable

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[Dev]

Thank you all who helped me out on this..
I had tried the distinct but not inside the count.
I was using the group by because this could have multiple returns but after
adding the distinct to inside the count it worked like a charm!!!

Thanks to everyone who helped out on this one!
At 05:01 PM 10/14/2004, Dev wrote:

Hello all,

I am trying to get a total number of rows returned form a query.

SELECT count(this) from table group by this

Currently it is returning x rows with a count of each of the group by.

I need the count of the rows returned!

Any way to do this?

----------
Brian C. Doyle
Director, Internet Services
United Merchant Processing Association
<http://www.umpa-us.com>http://www.umpa-us.com
1-800-555-9665 ext 212

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UMPA
Brian C. Doyle
Director, Internet Services
United Merchant Processing Association
<http://www.umpa-us.com>http://www.umpa-us.com
1-800-555-9665 ext 212