mysql> SELECT COUNT(*) FROM student;

CREATE TABLE `user` (
 `id` int(5) unsigned NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
 `name` varchar(10) DEFAULT NULL,
 `password` varchar(10) DEFAULT NULL,
 PRIMARY KEY (`id`)
) ENGINE=MyISAM AUTO_INCREMENT=4 DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1

 
测试数据为：

1 name1 123456
2 name2 123456
3 name3 123456
4 name4 NULL

select count(*) from `user`
select count(name) from `user`
select count(password) from `user`

mysql> SELECT owner, COUNT(*) FROM pet;
ERROR 1140 (42000): Mixing of GROUP columns (MIN(),MAX(),COUNT(),...)
with no GROUP columns is illegal if there is no GROUP BY clause

mysql> SELECT species, COUNT(*) FROM pet GROUP BY species;
+---------+----------+
| species | COUNT(*) |
+---------+----------+
| bird  |    2 |
| cat   |    2 |
| dog   |    3 |
| hamster |    1 |
| snake  |    1 |
+---------+----------+

mysql> SELECT sex, COUNT(*) FROM pet GROUP BY sex;
+------+----------+
| sex | COUNT(*) |
+------+----------+
| NULL |    1 |
| f  |    4 |
| m  |    4 |
+------+----------+

mysql> SELECT species, sex, COUNT(*) FROM pet GROUP BY species, sex;
+---------+------+----------+
| species | sex | COUNT(*) |
+---------+------+----------+
| bird  | NULL |    1 |
| bird  | f  |    1 |
| cat   | f  |    1 |
| cat   | m  |    1 |
| dog   | f  |    1 |
| dog   | m  |    2 |
| hamster | f  |    1 |
| snake  | m  |    1 |
+---------+------+----------+

mysql> SELECT species, sex, COUNT(*) FROM pet
  -> WHERE species = 'dog' OR species = 'cat'
  -> GROUP BY species, sex;
+---------+------+----------+
| species | sex | COUNT(*) |
+---------+------+----------+
| cat   | f  |    1 |
| cat   | m  |    1 |
| dog   | f  |    1 |
| dog   | m  |    2 |
+---------+------+----------+

mysql> SELECT species, sex, COUNT(*) FROM pet
  -> WHERE sex IS NOT NULL
  -> GROUP BY species, sex;
+---------+------+----------+
| species | sex | COUNT(*) |
+---------+------+----------+
| bird  | f  |    1 |
| cat   | f  |    1 |
| cat   | m  |    1 |
| dog   | f  |    1 |
| dog   | m  |    2 |
| hamster | f  |    1 |
| snake  | m  |    1 |
+---------+------+----------+

SELECT id, type, count(DISTINCT id) FROM tablename