Sql Count

SQL count

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SQL COUNT function is used to count the number of rows that match a specified criterion. It can be used with both SELECT and WHERE clauses to return the count of rows in a table or the count of rows that meet a certain condition.

SELECT COUNT(*) 
FROM table_name;

To count rows based on a specific condition, you can use the WHERE clause. For example, to count the number of employees in a department, you would use:

SELECT COUNT(*) 
FROM employees 
WHERE department = 'Sales';

You can also count distinct values using the COUNT(DISTINCT column_name). This is useful when you want to eliminate duplicates from the count. For example:

SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT department) 
FROM employees;

GROUP BY can be employed in combination with COUNT to group results based on one or more columns. Here’s an example that counts the number of employees in each department:

SELECT department, COUNT(*) 
FROM employees 
GROUP BY department;

If you want to order the results, you can add the ORDER BY clause. To get a count of employees grouped by department and ordered by the count in descending order, you can write:

SELECT department, COUNT(*) 
FROM employees 
GROUP BY department 
ORDER BY COUNT(*) DESC;

The HAVING clause can be applied after GROUP BY to filter the grouped results. For instance, to find departments with more than 10 employees, use the following query:

SELECT department, COUNT(*) 
FROM employees 
GROUP BY department 
HAVING COUNT(*) > 10;