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Node.js - MySQL COUNT()

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Zayaan-Rasmussen

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In this article, we would like to show you how to use SQL COUNT() function in Node.js.

Note: at the end of this article you can find database preparation SQL queries.

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const mysql = require('mysql');
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const connection = mysql.createConnection({        // gets connection with database
    host: 'localhost', // '127.0.0.1'
    user: 'root',
    password: 'password',
    database: 'my_database',
});
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connection.connect(error => {
    if (error) throw error;
    const query ='SELECT COUNT(*) AS `number of users` FROM `users`';
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    connection.query(query, (error, result) => {   // sends queries
        connection.end();                          // closes connection
        if (error) throw error;
        console.log(result);
    });
});

Output:

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[ { 'number of users': 8 } ]

Database preparation

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create_tables.sql file:

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CREATE TABLE `users` (
    `id` INT(10) UNSIGNED NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
    `name` VARCHAR(50) NOT NULL,
    `surname` VARCHAR(50) NOT NULL,
    `department_id` INT(10) UNSIGNED,
    `salary` DECIMAL(15,2) NOT NULL,
    PRIMARY KEY (`id`)
);

insert_data.sql file:

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INSERT INTO `users`
    ( `name`, `surname`, `department_id`, `salary`)
VALUES
    ('John', 'Stewart', 1, '3512.00'),
    ('Chris', 'Brown', 2, '1344.00'),
    ('Kate', 'Lewis', 3, '6574.00'),
    ('Ailisa', 'Gomez', NULL, '6500.00'),
    ('Gwendolyn', 'James', 2, '4200.00'),
    ('Simon', 'Collins', 4, '3320.00'),
    ('Taylor', 'Martin', 2, '1500.00'),
    ('Andrew', 'Thompson', NULL, '2100.00');