How do I use ROW_NUMBER() in SQL?

If you need to return the total table's row count, you can use alternative way instead of SELECT COUNT() statement. Because SELECT COUNT() statement make a full table scan to return the total table's row count, it can take very many time for the large table. There is another way to determine the total row count in a table.

You can use sysindexes system table, in this case. There is ROWS column in the sysindexes table. This column contains the total row count for each table in your database.

So, you can use the following select statement instead of SELECT COUNT(*): SELECT rows FROM sysindexes WHERE id = OBJECT_ID('table_name') AND indid.

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