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Basic COUNTs 1

  • January 18, 2018 at 10:55 pm

    #77191

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  • January 18, 2018 at 11:32 pm

    #1976452

    Nice simple one to end the week on, thanks Steve.

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  • January 19, 2018 at 12:24 am

    #1976453

    nice simple. added one condition in my mind while using count() if there is null value will not be calculated...😎😎

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  • January 19, 2018 at 1:52 am

    #1976457

    'For the DISTINCT keyword, null values are considered to be duplicates of each other. When DISTINCT is included in a SELECT statement, only one NULL is returned in the results, regardless of how many null values are encountered.'

    So I guessed 5.

  • January 19, 2018 at 2:10 am

    #1976458

    Nice, easy one to end the week on, thanks Steve

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  • January 19, 2018 at 5:16 am

    #1976476

    paul s-306273 - Friday, January 19, 2018 1:52 AM

    'For the DISTINCT keyword, null values are considered to be duplicates of each other. When DISTINCT is included in a SELECT statement, only one NULL is returned in the results, regardless of how many null values are encountered.'

    So I guessed 5.

    That's when selecting the values.  If you run this code

    SELECT DISTINCT charcol
    FROM dbo.TheCounts AS tc
    you will get 5 lines.

    But NULLS are not included in COUNT (nor in other aggregates, like MIN and MAX)

    Running the query in the question, you even get a message telling you:

    Warning: Null value is eliminated by an aggregate or other SET operation.

  • January 19, 2018 at 9:20 am

    #1976529

    A question I could actually answer! However, after all of the other more difficult questions, I doubted myself. I admit I had to run the code to make sure I wasn't missing anything! Nice discussion about Nulls and how they act with Distinct. I also did not look at the messages tab to see the warning, so that is a good reminder to check that tab!

    Thanks!

  • January 19, 2018 at 5:52 pm

    #1976610

    A coffee break question - thank you,. Steve!

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