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Counting Rows: Counting the total number of animals

/*mysql> select * from Bird;
+----------+-------+---------+------+------------+------------+
| name     | owner | species | sex  | birth      | death      |
+----------+-------+---------+------+------------+------------+
| BlueBird | Joe   | Car     | f    | 1999-03-30 | NULL       |
| RedBird  | Yin   | Bus     | m    | 1979-04-30 | 0000-00-00 |
| RedBird  | Yin   | Bus     | m    | 1998-01-30 | NULL       |
+----------+-------+---------+------+------------+------------+
3 rows in set (0.00 sec)

mysql> SELECT COUNT(*) FROM Bird;
+----------+
| COUNT(*) |
+----------+
|        3 |
+----------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)

*/
Drop table Bird;

CREATE TABLE Bird (
    name VARCHAR(20), 
    owner VARCHAR(20),
    species VARCHAR(20), 
    sex CHAR(1), 
    birth DATE, 
    death DATE
);
  
INSERT INTO  Bird VALUES ('BlueBird','Joe','Car','f','1999-03-30',NULL);
INSERT INTO  Bird VALUES ('RedBird','Yin','Bus','m','1979-04-30',1998-01-30);
INSERT INTO  Bird VALUES ('RedBird','Yin','Bus','m','1998-01-30',NULL);
  
select * from Bird;
  
SELECT COUNT(*) FROM Bird;








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