SQL

How to get number of records in a table

By Friday, January 21, 2011 comments

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React:

SELECT * FROM table1

SELECT COUNT(*) FROM table1

SELECT rows FROM sysindexes WHERE id = OBJECT_ID(table1) AND indid < 2

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