Very Easy

Count entries in a table

Count the number of students in the students table. Assume that each row represents a unique student.

SCHEMA

students

+------------+------------+-----------+-----+------------+
| student_id | first_name | last_name | age | class_code |
+------------+------------+-----------+-----+------------+
| 1          | Mike       | Chaplin   | 12  | 7A         |
| 2          | Emily      | Jackson   | 12  | 7A         |
| 3          | Robert     | Jackson   | 12  | 7A         |
| ...        | ...        | ...       | ... | ...        |
+------------+------------+-----------+-----+------------+
EXPECTED OUTPUT

```sql +--------------+ | num_students | +--------------+ | 75 | +--------------+

You can use COUNT(*) to count the number of rows in a table.

SELECT COUNT(*) AS num_students FROM students

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