COUNT 函數(shù)的用法很簡單,就是為了統(tǒng)計記錄數(shù)。SELECT 語句所返回的。
為了理解這個函數(shù),讓我們再次搬出 employee_tbl 表,它的所有記錄如下所示:
mysql> SELECT * FROM employee_tbl;
+------+------+------------+--------------------+
| id | name | work_date | daily_typing_pages |
+------+------+------------+--------------------+
| 1 | John | 2007-01-24 | 250 |
| 2 | Ram | 2007-05-27 | 220 |
| 3 | Jack | 2007-05-06 | 170 |
| 3 | Jack | 2007-04-06 | 100 |
| 4 | Jill | 2007-04-06 | 220 |
| 5 | Zara | 2007-06-06 | 300 |
| 5 | Zara | 2007-02-06 | 350 |
+------+------+------------+--------------------+
7 rows in set (0.00 sec)
假設(shè)要根據(jù)上表統(tǒng)計行的總數(shù),當然可以這樣做:
mysql>SELECT COUNT(*) FROM employee_tbl ;
+----------+
| COUNT(*) |
+----------+
| 7 |
+----------+
1 row in set (0.01 sec)
同樣,如果希望計算 Zara 的記錄數(shù),可以這樣實現(xiàn):
mysql>SELECT COUNT(*) FROM employee_tbl
-> WHERE name="Zara";
+----------+
| COUNT(*) |
+----------+
| 2 |
+----------+
1 row in set (0.04 sec)
注意:由于 SQL 查詢對大小寫不敏感,所以在 WHERE 條件中,無論是寫成 ZARA 還是 Zara,結(jié)果都是一樣的。