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How can i get a count(*) of all the columns in a table? Using PostgreSql


I have bunch of tables where several of them have hundreds of columns. I need to get a count of non-null values for each column and I've been doing it manually. I would like to figure out a way to get all the counts for all the columns in a table. I looked up stackoverflow and google, but unable to find the answer.

I tried this but it's just returning a value of 1 for each column. I know it's just counting the number of column and not the values in each column. Any suggestions?

select count(COLUMN_NAME)
from information_schema.columns
where table_schema = 'schema_name'
and table_name = 'table_name'
group by COLUMN_NAME

Solution

  • COUNT(column_name) always gives you the count of NON NULL values.

    Create a generic function like this which can take schema name and table name as arguments.

    Here I am constructing select statements joined together by UNION ALLs each returning the value of the column_name and it's count for all columns when executed dynamically.

    CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION public.get_count( TEXT, TEXT )
    RETURNS  TABLE(t_column_name  TEXT, t_count BIGINT )
    LANGUAGE plpgsql
    AS $BODY$
    DECLARE
    p_schema        TEXT := $1;
    p_tabname       TEXT := $2;
    v_sql_statement TEXT;
    
    BEGIN
    
    SELECT STRING_AGG( 'SELECT ''' 
           || column_name 
           || ''',' 
           || ' count(' 
           || column_name 
           || ')  FROM ' 
           || table_schema 
           || '.' 
           || table_name 
             ,' UNION ALL ' ) INTO v_sql_statement
    FROM   information_schema.columns 
    WHERE  table_schema   = p_schema 
           AND table_name = p_tabname; 
    
        IF v_sql_statement IS NOT NULL THEN
         RETURN QUERY EXECUTE   v_sql_statement;
        END IF;
    END
    $BODY$;
    

    Execution

    knayak=# select c.col, c.count from 
     public.get_count( 'public', 'employees' ) as c(col,count);
          col       | count
    ----------------+-------
     employee_id    |   107
     first_name     |   107
     last_name      |   107
     email          |   107
     phone_number   |   107
     hire_date      |   107
     job_id         |   107
     salary         |   107
     commission_pct |    35
     manager_id     |   106
     department_id  |   106
    (11 rows)