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From Pollard, Mike
Subject Re: question about count(b) where b is a custom type
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Msg-id 6418CC03D0FB1943A464E1FEFB3ED46B01B220AF@im01.cincom.com
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In response to question about count(b) where b is a custom type  (Grzegorz Jaskiewicz <gj@pointblue.com.pl>)
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> Firstly, if you just want a count, what's wrong with count(1) or
> count(*).
>

Because unless the column does not allow nulls, they will not return the
same value.

Mike Pollard
SUPRA Server SQL Engineering and Support
Cincom Systems, Inc.
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