当我们使用MySQLCOUNT()函数对存储在还存储一些NULL值的列中的值进行计数时,MySQL将忽略NULL并仅返回非NULL值的结果。为了理解它,我们使用表“ Employee”中的数据,如下所示:mysql> Select * from Employee;
+----+--------+--------+
| ID | Name | Salary |
+----+--------+--------+
| 1 | Gaurav | 50000 |
| 2 | Rahul | 20000 |
| 3 | Advik | 25000 |
| 4 | Aarav | 65000 |
| 5 | Ram | 20000 |
| 6 | Mohan | 30000 |
| 7 | Aryan | NULL |
| 8 | Vinay | NULL |
+----+--------+--------+
8 rows in set (0.00 sec)
现在,以下查询将COUNT()方法应用于“工资”列-mysql> Select COUNT(salary) from employee568;
+---------------+
| COUNT(salary) |
+---------------+
| 6 |
+---------------+
1 row in set (0.15 sec)
从上面的结果集中,很明显MySQL会忽略NULL并仅返回非NULL值的计数。