sql-servercountrowsdatabase-table

SQL count rows in a table

I need to send a SQL query to a database that tells me how many rows there are in a table. I could get all the rows in the table with a SELECT and then count them, but I don't like to do it this way. Is there some other way to ask the number of the rows in a table to the SQL server?

Solution

  • Yes, SELECT COUNT(*) FROM TableName