一、原題
Which two statements are true regarding the COUNT function? (Choose two.)
A. COUNT(*) returns the number of rows including duplicate rows and rows containing NULL
value in any of the columns
B. COUNT(cust_id) returns the number of rows including rows with duplicate customer IDs and
NULL value in the CUST_ID column
C. COUNT(DISTINCT inv_amt) returns the number of rows excluding rows containing duplicates
and NULL values in the INV_AMT column
D. A SELECT statement using COUNT function with a DISTINCT keyword cannot have a WHERE
clause
E. The COUNT function can be used only for CHAR, VARCHAR2 and NUMBER data types
答案: A,C
二、題目翻譯
關于count函數,下面哪兩個說法是正确的?(選擇兩項)
A.count(*)傳回包含重複行和null值行在内的所有行的數量。
B.COUNT(cust_id)傳回包含了重複行和CUST_ID列為null值的行的數量。
C.COUNT(DISTINCT inv_amt)傳回去除掉重複行和null值行的數量。
D.一個有count函數中有distinct的select語句,不能有where子句。
E.COUNT函數,隻能用在CHAR, VARCHAR2 and NUMBER這些資料類型上。
三、題目解析
count是組函數,後面是具體的某一列時,忽略null值行,如果是count(*)則包括null值行,是所有的行。
count函數,很多類型都可以,除了上面說的以外,比如,還有date類型等。
四、測試
SQL> select * from emp;
EMPNO ENAME JOB MGR HIREDATE SAL COMM DEPTNO
---------- -------------------- ------------------ ---------- ------------ ---------- ---------- ----------
7369 SMITH CLERK 7902 17-DEC-80 800 20
7499 ALLEN SALESMAN 7698 20-FEB-81 1600 300 30
7521 WARD SALESMAN 7698 22-FEB-81 1250 500 30
7566 JONES MANAGER 7839 02-APR-81 2975 20
7654 MARTIN SALESMAN 7698 28-SEP-81 1250 1400 30
7698 BLAKE MANAGER 7839 01-MAY-81 2850 30
7782 CLARK MANAGER 7839 09-JUN-81 2450 10
7788 SCOTT ANALYST 7566 19-APR-87 3000 20
7839 KING PRESIDENT 17-NOV-81 5000 10
7844 TURNER SALESMAN 7698 08-SEP-81 1500 0 30
7876 ADAMS CLERK 7788 23-MAY-87 1100 20
7900 JAMES CLERK 7698 03-DEC-81 950 30
7902 FORD ANALYST 7566 03-DEC-81 3000 20
7934 MILLER CLERK 7782 23-JAN-82 1300 10
14 rows selected.
SQL> select count(*) from emp;
COUNT(*)
----------
14
SQL> select count(comm) from emp;
COUNT(COMM)
-----------
4
SQL> desc emp
Name Null? Type
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------- ------------
EMPNO NOT NULL NUMBER(4)
ENAME VARCHAR2(10)
JOB VARCHAR2(9)
MGR NUMBER(4)
HIREDATE DATE
SAL NUMBER(7,2)
COMM NUMBER(7,2)
DEPTNO NUMBER(2)
SQL> select count(hiredate) from emp;
COUNT(HIREDATE)
---------------
14