SQL Server/T-SQL/Aggregate Functions/COUNT BIG
COUNT_BIG deals with NULL values
1> create table employee(
2> ID int,
3> name nvarchar (10),
4> salary bigint,
5> start_date datetime,
6> city nvarchar (10),
7> region char (1))
8> GO
1>
2> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region)
3> values (1, "Jason", 40420, "02/01/94", "New York", "W")
4> GO
(1 rows affected)
1> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region)
2> values (2, "Robert",14420, "01/02/95", "Vancouver","N")
3> GO
(1 rows affected)
1> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region)
2> values (3, "Celia", 24020, "12/03/96", "Toronto", "W")
3> GO
(1 rows affected)
1> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region)
2> values (4, "Linda", 40620, "11/04/97", "New York", "N")
3> GO
(1 rows affected)
1> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region)
2> values (5, "David", 80026, "10/05/98", "Vancouver","W")
3> GO
(1 rows affected)
1> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region)
2> values (6, "James", 70060, "09/06/99", "Toronto", "N")
3> GO
(1 rows affected)
1> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region)
2> values (7, "Alison",90620, "08/07/00", "New York", "W")
3> GO
(1 rows affected)
1> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region)
2> values (8, "Chris", NULL, "07/08/01", "Vancouver","N")
3> GO
(1 rows affected)
1> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region)
2> values (9, "Mary", NULL, "06/09/02", "Toronto", "W")
3> GO
(1 rows affected)
1>
2> select * from employee
3> GO
ID name salary start_date city region
----------- ---------- -------------------- ----------------------- ---------- ------
1 Jason 40420 1994-02-01 00:00:00.000 New York W
2 Robert 14420 1995-01-02 00:00:00.000 Vancouver N
3 Celia 24020 1996-12-03 00:00:00.000 Toronto W
4 Linda 40620 1997-11-04 00:00:00.000 New York N
5 David 80026 1998-10-05 00:00:00.000 Vancouver W
6 James 70060 1999-09-06 00:00:00.000 Toronto N
7 Alison 90620 2000-08-07 00:00:00.000 New York W
8 Chris NULL 2001-07-08 00:00:00.000 Vancouver N
9 Mary NULL 2002-06-09 00:00:00.000 Toronto W
(9 rows affected)
1>
2>
3> --.
4> select COUNT_BIG(salary) from employee
5> GO
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7
Warning: Null value is eliminated by an aggregate or other SET operation.
1>
2>
3>
4> drop table employee
5> GO
1>
COUNT_BIG: return value has a data type of bigint
1> create table employee(
2> ID int,
3> name nvarchar (10),
4> salary bigint,
5> start_date datetime,
6> city nvarchar (10),
7> region char (1))
8> GO
1>
2> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region)
3> values (1, "Jason", 40420, "02/01/94", "New York", "W")
4> GO
(1 rows affected)
1> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region)
2> values (2, "Robert",14420, "01/02/95", "Vancouver","N")
3> GO
(1 rows affected)
1> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region)
2> values (3, "Celia", 24020, "12/03/96", "Toronto", "W")
3> GO
(1 rows affected)
1> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region)
2> values (4, "Linda", 40620, "11/04/97", "New York", "N")
3> GO
(1 rows affected)
1> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region)
2> values (5, "David", 80026, "10/05/98", "Vancouver","W")
3> GO
(1 rows affected)
1> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region)
2> values (6, "James", 70060, "09/06/99", "Toronto", "N")
3> GO
(1 rows affected)
1> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region)
2> values (7, "Alison",90620, "08/07/00", "New York", "W")
3> GO
(1 rows affected)
1> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region)
2> values (8, "Chris", 26020, "07/08/01", "Vancouver","N")
3> GO
(1 rows affected)
1> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region)
2> values (9, "Mary", 60020, "06/09/02", "Toronto", "W")
3> GO
(1 rows affected)
1>
2> select * from employee
3> GO
ID name salary start_date city region
----------- ---------- -------------------- ----------------------- ---------- ------
1 Jason 40420 1994-02-01 00:00:00.000 New York W
2 Robert 14420 1995-01-02 00:00:00.000 Vancouver N
3 Celia 24020 1996-12-03 00:00:00.000 Toronto W
4 Linda 40620 1997-11-04 00:00:00.000 New York N
5 David 80026 1998-10-05 00:00:00.000 Vancouver W
6 James 70060 1999-09-06 00:00:00.000 Toronto N
7 Alison 90620 2000-08-07 00:00:00.000 New York W
8 Chris 26020 2001-07-08 00:00:00.000 Vancouver N
9 Mary 60020 2002-06-09 00:00:00.000 Toronto W
(9 rows affected)
1>
2>
3> --COUNT_BIG: return value has a data type of bigint
4>
5> select COUNT_BIG(DISTINCT salary) from employee
6> GO
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9
(1 rows affected)
1>
2>
3>
4> drop table employee
5> GO
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