| Buffy | Harold | dog | f | 1989-05-13 | NULL |
+-------+--------+---------+------+------------+-------+
你也可以使用“{n}”“重复n次”操作符重写先前的查询:
mysql> SELECT * FROM pet WHERE name REGEXP "^.{5}$";
+-------+--------+---------+------+------------+-------+
| name | owner | species | sex | birth | death |
+-------+--------+---------+------+------------+-------+
| Claws | Gwen | cat | m | 1994-03-17 | NULL |
| Buffy | Harold | dog | f | 1989-05-13 | NULL |
+-------+--------+---------+------+------------+-------+
8.4.4.8 行计数
数据库经常用于回答这个问题,“某个类型的数据在一张表中出现的频度?”例如,你可能想要知道你有多少宠物,或每位主人有多少宠物,或你可能想要在你的动物上施行各种类型的普查。
计算你拥有动物的总数字与“在pet表中有多少行?”是同样的问题,因为每个宠物有一个记录。COUNT()函数计数非NULL结果的数目,所以数你的动物的查询看起来像这样:
mysql> SELECT COUNT(*) FROM pet;
+----------+
| COUNT(*) |
+----------+
| 9 |
+----------+
在前面,你检索了拥有宠物的人的名字。如果你想要知道每个主人有多少宠物,你可以使用COUNT()函数:
mysql> SELECT owner, COUNT(*) FROM pet GROUP BY owner;
+--------+----------+
| owner | COUNT(*) |
+--------+----------+
| Benny | 2 |
| Diane | 2 |
| Gwen | 3 |
| Harold | 2 |
+--------+----------+
注意,使用GROUP BY对每个owner分组所有记录,没有它,你得到的一切是一条错误消息:
mysql> SELECT owner, COUNT(owner) FROM pet;
ERROR 1140 at line 1: Mixing of GROUP columns (MIN(),MAX(),COUNT()...)
with no GROUP columns is illegal if there is no GROUP BY clause
COUNT()和GROUP BY对以各种方式分类你的数据很有用。下列例子显示出实施动物普查操作的不同方式。
每种动物数量:
mysql> SELECT species, COUNT(*) FROM pet GROUP BY species;
+---------+----------+
| species | COUNT(*) |
+---------+----------+
| bird | 2 |
| cat | 2 |
| dog | 3 |
| hamster | 1 |
| snake | 1 |
+---------+----------+
每中性别的动物数量:
mysql> SELECT sex, COUNT(*) FROM pet GROUP BY sex;
+------+----------+
| sex | COUNT(*) |
+------+----------+
| NULL | 1 |
| f | 4 |
| m | 4 |
+------+----------+
(在这个输出中,NULL表示“未知性别”。)
按种类和性别组合的动物数量:
mysql> SELECT species, sex, COUNT(*) FROM pet GROUP BY species, sex;
+---------+------+----------+
| species | sex | COUNT(*) |
+---------+------+----------+
| bird | NULL | 1 |
| bird | f | 1 |
| cat | f | 1 |
| cat | m | 1 |
| dog | f | 1 |
| dog | m | 2 |
| hamster | f | 1 |
| snake | m | 1 |
+---------+------+----------+
当你使用COUNT()时,你不必检索整个一张表。例如, 先前的查询,当只在狗和猫上施行时,看起来像这样:

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