mysql之数据去重并记录总数

1、使用distinct去重(适合查询整张表的总数)

有多个学校+教师投稿,需要统计出作者的总数

 

select count(author) as total from files
 
每个作者都投稿很多,这里有重复的记录。
 
select distinct author from files
有可能两个学校的教师姓名相同,结果只统计一个,出错。
 
select distinct author,sid  from files
 
统计(作者+学校id)的组合唯一值,结果出现正确的结果,但如何知道一共有多少人呢?
 
select count(distinct author,sid) as total from files

2、group by 分组去重(适合根据条件分组后查询每组的总数)

  

select author, count(distinct id) from files group by sid

3、记录两张表的数目的和,这两个表分开查询

 1 SELECT SUM(c)
 2 FROM
 3     (SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT from_user_id, message_id) c
 4       FROM im_message
 5       WHERE dr = 0  AND message_status = 2  
 6       AND user_type = 1  AND   to_user_id = 2
 7       
 8       UNION ALL
 9 
10       SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT group_id, message_id) c
11       FROM im_messagerefgroup
12       WHERE dr = 0  AND user_id = 2)
13 AS temp