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5.3.4.8 计算行数

数据库通常用于回答问题,例如“某种数据类型在表中出现的频率?”例如,你可能想知道你有多少只宠物,或者每个主人有多少只宠物,或者你想对动物进行各种人口普查操作。

计算总共有多少只宠物是问“pet 表中有多少行?”的同一个问题,因为每只宠物都有一条记录。COUNT(*) 计算了行数,所以统计宠物数量的查询语句如下:

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mysql> SELECT COUNT(*) FROM pet; +----------+ | COUNT(*) | +----------+ | 9 | +----------+

之前,你已经获取了拥有宠物的人名。你可以使用COUNT() 如果你想知道每个主人有多少只宠物:

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mysql> SELECT owner, COUNT(*) FROM pet GROUP BY owner; +--------+----------+ | owner | COUNT(*) | +--------+----------+ | Benny | 2 | | Diane | 2 | | Gwen | 3 | | Harold | 2 | +--------+----------+

前面的查询使用 GROUP BY 将所有记录分组到每个 owner。使用COUNT()GROUP BY 是对数据进行各种分组的有用方法。以下示例展示了不同方式的动物普查操作。

每种宠物的数量:

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mysql> SELECT species, COUNT(*) FROM pet GROUP BY species; +---------+----------+ | species | COUNT(*) | +---------+----------+ | bird | 2 | | cat | 2 | | dog | 3 | | hamster | 1 | | snake | 1 | +---------+----------+

每种性别的数量:

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mysql> SELECT sex, COUNT(*) FROM pet GROUP BY sex; +------+----------+ | sex | COUNT(*) | +------+----------+ | NULL | 1 | | f | 4 | | m | 4 | +------+----------+

(在这个输出中,NULL 表示性别未知。)

每种宠物和性别的组合数量:

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mysql> SELECT species, sex, COUNT(*) FROM pet GROUP BY species, sex; +---------+------+----------+ | species | sex | COUNT(*) | +---------+------+----------+ | bird | NULL | 1 | | bird | f | 1 | | cat | f | 1 | | cat | m | 1 | | dog | f | 1 | | dog | m | 2 | | hamster | f | 1 | | snake | m | 1 | +---------+------+----------+

您不需要在使用COUNT()时检索整个表。例如,之前的查询,在只对狗和猫进行时,类似这样:

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mysql> SELECT species, sex, COUNT(*) FROM pet WHERE species = 'dog' OR species = 'cat' GROUP BY species, sex; +---------+------+----------+ | species | sex | COUNT(*) | +---------+------+----------+ | cat | f | 1 | | cat | m | 1 | | dog | f | 1 | | dog | m | 2 | +---------+------+----------+

或者,如果你想要知道每种性别动物的数量,只对已知性别的动物:

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mysql> SELECT species, sex, COUNT(*) FROM pet WHERE sex IS NOT NULL GROUP BY species, sex; +---------+------+----------+ | species | sex | COUNT(*) | +---------+------+----------+ | bird | f | 1 | | cat | f | 1 | | cat | m | 1 | | dog | f | 1 | | dog | m | 2 | | hamster | f | 1 | | snake | m | 1 | +---------+------+----------+

如果你在选择COUNT()值外还要选择列名,那么就需要使用GROUP BY子句,列名与之相同。否则,以下情况发生:

  • 如果启用ONLY_FULL_GROUP_BY SQL 模式,出现错误:

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    mysql> SET sql_mode = 'ONLY_FULL_GROUP_BY'; Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec) mysql> SELECT owner, COUNT(*) FROM pet; ERROR 1140 (42000): In aggregated query without GROUP BY, expression #1 of SELECT list contains nonaggregated column 'menagerie.pet.owner'; this is incompatible with sql_mode=only_full_group_by
  • 如果不启用ONLY_FULL_GROUP_BY,查询将被处理为对所有行进行组合,但每个命名列的值是非确定性的服务器可以从任何行中选择:

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    mysql> SET sql_mode = ''; Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec) mysql> SELECT owner, COUNT(*) FROM pet; +--------+----------+ | owner | COUNT(*) | +--------+----------+ | Harold | 8 | +--------+----------+ 1 row in set (0.00 sec)

请参见第14.19.3节,“MySQL 处理 GROUP BY”。关于COUNT(expr)行为和相关优化的信息,请参见第14.19.1节,“聚合函数描述”