On Thu, Aug 27, 2026 at 02:26:46PM +0000, PG Doc comments form wrote:
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> Page: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/18/sql-expressions.html
> Description:
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> Can you add a code block with an example?
>
> Perhaps something like this:
>
> ```psql
> db=# WITH vals (f1) AS ( VALUES (1),(3),(4),(3),(2),(null) )
> SELECT count(*), count(f1), COUNT(DISTINCT f1) FROM vals;
>
> count | count | count
> -------+-------+-------
> 6 | 5 | 4
> (1 row)
> ```
>
> After:
>
> >> For example, count(*) returns the total number of input rows; count(f1)
> returns the number of input rows in which f1 is not null, since count
> ignores null values; and count(distinct f1) returns the number of distinct
> non-null values of f1.
I see your point that this could be clearer. How is this patch?
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