count(*) -- Illustrates the difference between counting a column -- that can hold null values, a 'not null' column, and count(*) select count(WebsiteUrl), count(Id), count(*) from Users If you run the query above in the Data Explorer, you'll see that the count is the same fo...
COUNT(*) will count the number of rows, while COUNT(expression) will count non-null values in expression and COUNT(column) will count all non-null values in column. Since both 0 and 1 are non-null values, COUNT(0)=COUNT(1) and they both will be equivalent to the nu...
count(*) over() will count how many rows in your result set, in your case, because you did GROUP BY on [ID] column, which I assume it is a column with primary key (unique values and no null values), then in your case, count(*) returns same value as count(*) over () does. ...
CREATE NONCLUSTERED INDEX IDX_C2 ON TestCount(C2) So, count(no index column) performance is poor and index the more narrow the better, the performance more batter too. Now, we will compare more detail between count(1) and count(*), we already know their "query cost" is same and the...
CREATE NONCLUSTERED INDEX IDX_C2 ON TestCount(C2) So, count(no index column) performance is poor and index the more narrow the better, the performance more batter too. Now, we will compare more detail between count(1) and count(*), we already know their "query cost" is same and the...
In a recent version there is indeed no difference between count(*) and count(any not null column), with the emphasize on not null :-) Have incidentally covered that topic with a blog post: Is count(col) better than count(*)? Share Improve this answer Follow edited Sep 21, 2011 at ...
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That is, the notations col(table) and table.col are interchangeable. This behavior is not SQL-standard but is provided in PostgreSQL because it allows use of functions to emulate “computed fields”. The observed difference is just the difference between count(*) and count(foo)....