howabout:
select sum(case when c = '*' then 0 else 1 end) as count_not_star from
tablename
If you want to process all records but only count thouse without a * in c
then this will do the trick.
regards
iain
----- Original Message -----
From: "Abdul Wahab Dahalan" <wahab@mimos.my>
To: <pgsql-sql@postgresql.org>
Sent: Monday, March 01, 2004 11:06 AM
Subject: [SQL] How to get Rows Count
> >
> >
> >a b d c
> >01 02 b *
> >01 02 a *
> >02 03
> >02 04 b *
> >02 04 a *
> >03 05
> >04 06
> >
> If I've a table like above, how do I make a query to get rows count that
> doesnt have '*' in it.
>
> Can we have other queries than this : Select count(c) from tablename
> where c !='*';
> or Select count(c) from tablename where c <> '*';
>
>
>
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