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From: Jaime Casanova <systemguards@gmail.com>
To: Havasvölgyi Ottó <h.otto@freemail.hu>
Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: select count of distinct rows
Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2005 19:57:10 -0500
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On 12/10/05, Havasvölgyi Ottó <h.otto@freemail.hu> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I would like to select the count of distinct rows in a table.
>
> SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT *) FROM mytable;
>

are really all the fields distincts? the table doesn't have a pk?

> This does not work. How can I do it with Postgres?
>
> Thanks,
> Otto
>


--
regards,
Jaime Casanova
(DBA: DataBase Aniquilator ;)



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