What function counts the number of rows in a colum

What function counts the number of rows in a column?

Explanation

COUNT() function returns the number of rows that match specified criteria.
Functions NUMBER(), TOTAL(), and ADD() do not exist in SQL.

Theory

SQL HAVING Example


|OrderID |EmployeeID|ShipperID  |
+--------+----------+-----------+
|10248	 | 5        |	3       |
+--------+----------+-----------+
|10249	 | 6        |	1       |
+--------+----------+-----------+
|10250	 | 4        |	2       |

And a selection from the "Employees" table:


|EmployeeID |LastName |
+-----------+---------+
|1          |Davolio  |
+-----------+---------+
|2          |Fuller   |
+-----------+---------+
|3          |Leverling|

Now we want to find if any of the employees has registered more than 10 orders.
We use the following SQL statement:

SELECT Employees.LastName, COUNT(Orders.OrderID) AS NumberOfOrders FROM (Orders
INNER JOIN Employees
ON Orders.EmployeeID=Employees.EmployeeID)
GROUP BY LastName
HAVING COUNT(Orders.OrderID) > 10;

SQL HAVING Example


|OrderID |EmployeeID|ShipperID  |
+--------+----------+-----------+
|10248	 | 5        |	3       |
+--------+----------+-----------+
|10249	 | 6        |	1       |
+--------+----------+-----------+
|10250	 | 4        |	2       |

And a selection from the "Employees" table:


|EmployeeID |LastName |
+-----------+---------+
|1          |Davolio  |
+-----------+---------+
|2          |Fuller   |
+-----------+---------+
|3          |Leverling|

Now we want to find if the employees "Davolio" or "Fuller" have registered more than 25 orders.
We add an ordinary WHERE clause to the SQL statement:

SELECT Employees.LastName, COUNT(Orders.OrderID) AS NumberOfOrders FROM Orders
INNER JOIN Employees
ON Orders.EmployeeID=Employees.EmployeeID
WHERE LastName='Davolio' OR LastName='Fuller'
GROUP BY LastName
HAVING COUNT(Orders.OrderID) > 25;

SQL Aggregate Functions
SQL aggregate functions return a single value, calculated from values in a column.
Useful aggregate functions:
- AVG() - Returns the average value
- COUNT() - Returns the number of rows
- FIRST() - Returns the first value
- LAST() - Returns the last value
- MAX() - Returns the largest value
- MIN() - Returns the smallest value
- SUM() - Returns the sum
Read more: SQL Functions