Re: select count of distinct rows

Well, I find the problem on my end.  I was working with a new database
that I forgot to filler yet.  Yes, it works.  Jaime, I think what he is
trying to do is get the record count.  I would agree that using that
statement is a bit much.  But using SELECT COUNT(*) FROM mytable; would
give the same thing and should run faster.

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From: pgsql-sql-owner@postgresql.org
[mailto:pgsql-sql-owner@postgresql.org] On Behalf Of Jaime Casanova
Sent: Saturday, December 10, 2005 7:13 PM
To: Foster, Stephen
Cc: Havasvölgyi Ottó; pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: [SQL] select count of distinct rows

On 12/10/05, Foster, Stephen <stephenlfoster@comcast.net> wrote:
> Well this should work but I tried it and it didn't.
>
> SELECT DISTINCT COUNT(*) FROM mytable;
>

No, it shouldn't work... actually is a non-sense, count will return
just one value so there is nothing to be distinct with...

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