---
title: Count
description: Count the number of values in a field
canonical: https://docs.paradedb.com/documentation/aggregates/metrics/count
---

The following query counts the number of values in a field:

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```sql SQL
SELECT pdb.agg('{"value_count": {"field": "rating"}}') FROM mock_items
WHERE id @@@ pdb.all();
```

```python Django
from paradedb import Agg, All, ParadeDB

MockItem.objects.filter(
    id=ParadeDB(All())
).aggregate(agg=Agg('{"value_count": {"field": "rating"}}'))
```

```ruby Rails
MockItem.search(:id)
        .match_all
        .facets_agg(agg: ParadeDB::Aggregations.value_count(:rating))
```

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```ini Expected Response
       agg
-----------------
 {"value": 41.0}
(1 row)
```

See the [Tantivy documentation](https://docs.rs/tantivy/latest/tantivy/aggregation/metric/struct.CountAggregation.html) for all available options.

## SQL Count Syntax

SQL's `COUNT` syntax is supported in beta. To enable it, first run

```sql
SET paradedb.enable_aggregate_custom_scan TO on;
```

With this feature enabled, the following query is equivalent to the above and is executed in the same way.

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```sql SQL
SELECT COUNT(rating) FROM mock_items
WHERE id @@@ pdb.all();
```

```python Django
from django.db.models import Count
from paradedb import All, ParadeDB

MockItem.objects.filter(
    id=ParadeDB(All())
).aggregate(count=Count('rating'))
```

```ruby Rails
MockItem.search(:id).match_all.count(:rating)
```

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To count all rows, including rows with null values, use `COUNT(*)`:

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```sql SQL
SELECT COUNT(*) FROM mock_items
WHERE id @@@ pdb.all();
```

```python Django
from paradedb import All, ParadeDB

MockItem.objects.filter(id=ParadeDB(All())).count()
```

```ruby Rails
MockItem.search(:id).match_all.count
```

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