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Asked: May 14, 20262026-05-14T03:44:13+00:00 2026-05-14T03:44:13+00:00

In MySQL Select 1 from mytable and select null from mytable both return the

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In MySQL

Select 1 from mytable

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select null from mytable

both return the same number of rows. While select count(1) from mytable returns the rowcount and select count(null) from mytable always returns 0. Why?

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    2026-05-14T03:44:14+00:00Added an answer on May 14, 2026 at 3:44 am

    COUNT returns the number of non-NULL values, that’s why it returns 0 for NULL.

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