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COUNT (SQL Server Compact)

SQL Server 2008

Returns the number of items in a group.


COUNT ( { [ ALL ] expression | * } )

ALL: Applies the aggregate function to all values. ALL is the default.

expression: An expression of any type except uniqueidentifier, image, or ntext. Aggregate functions and subqueries are not permitted.

*: Specifies that all rows should be counted to return the total number of rows in a table. COUNT(*) takes no parameters. COUNT(*) does not require an expression parameter because, by definition, it does not use information about any particular column. COUNT(*) returns the number of rows in a specified table without eliminating duplicates. It counts each row separately, including rows that contain NULL values.

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The following example counts the discontinued items in a table.

SELECT COUNT([Product ID]) AS "Total Discontinued" FROM Products WHERE Discontinued = 1

This is the result set:

Total Discontinued
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