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dzabor
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Posted - 02/01/2013 :  16:21:01  Show Profile  Send dzabor an AOL message  Reply with Quote
I have a table with numerous columns, many of which are most likely not being used since moving from schema to schema and business practice to business practice over the years. I need to count the populated fields within the table to determine if we keep it or not moving forward.

ID, Demographic1,Demographic2,Demographic3,Demographic4,Demographic5

I need it to return the following:

ID, Demographic1,Demographic2,Demographic3,Demographic4,Demographic5
254 , 17 , 13, 0, 5, 200

James K
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Posted - 02/01/2013 :  17:23:17  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
If the non-populated values are NULL, you can do this:
SELECT
	COUNT(ID),
	COUNT(Demographic1),
	COUNT(Demographic2),
	COUNT(Demographic3),
	COUNT(Demographic4),
	COUNT(Demographic5)
FROM
	TheTable
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dzabor
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Posted - 02/01/2013 :  20:25:03  Show Profile  Send dzabor an AOL message  Reply with Quote
Thanks!
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