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Help, question about Oracle count distinctHelpful Member! 

pandatime (Programmer)
2 Feb 10 18:15
Hi,

I am not an Oracle person (anymore) and I need help with this question, please smile

If you do:

SELECT COUNT (UNIQUE id) FROM myTable

are the NULL id's counted also??? That is, if you have
id = 1, two id's = 2, and several id's is null, the COUNT would be 3?

Thank you!!  
Helpful Member!  Dagon (MIS)
2 Feb 10 18:24
No.

CODE

SQL> create table a (a number);

Table created.

SQL> insert into a values (1);

1 row created.

SQL> insert into a values (null);

1 row created.

SQL> select count(distinct a) from a;

COUNT(DISTINCTA)
----------------
               1
 

Retired (not by choice) Oracle contractor.

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