SOQL Aggregate query: Count number of rows returned
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Solution
Just counting records:
Integer counter = [ Select count()
FROM Payroll_Group_Detail__c
Where Tax_Batch__c = null
And CreatedDate >= 2012-07-21T00:00:00-05:00
And Total_Tax_Amount__c != null ];
System.debug('My counted records: ' + counter);
With a GROUP BY:
AggregateResult[] aggr = [ Select count(Id)
FROM Payroll_Group_Detail__c
Where Tax_Batch__c = null
And CreatedDate >= 2012-07-21T00:00:00-05:00
And Total_Tax_Amount__c != null
Group By Total_Tax_Amount__c ];
Integer counter = Integer.valueOf(aggr.size());
System.debug('#### counter: ' + counter);
But remember, you can not count more than the allowed governor limit (Total number of records retrieved by SOQL queries -> 50,000)
Problem
The following is my SOQL query: ``` select COUNT(Id) FROM Payroll_Group_Detail__c where Tax_Batch__c=null and CreatedDate >=2012-07-21T00:00:00-05:00 and Total_Tax_Amount__c!=null GROUP By Company__c,Name,Payment_Date__c,Pay_Cycle_Type__c; ``` I am was trying to count the number of rows returned by this group by clause. But instead of getting one count, I get multiple rows. How to get the overall count of rows returned by this grouping? Thanks, Calvin