Question

ID    FRUIT

1     Apple
2     Orange
3     Apple
4     Pear
5     Apple
6     Pear
7     Pear

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I want to do a count of each fruit in a table. There are only three fruit, i only need totals.

I know how to do a SELECT COUNT(*) but not all three in one query

Answer 1

I think you want something like this:

select fruit, count(id) from table group by fruit