function SelectQuery::countQuery

Overrides SelectQueryInterface::countQuery

File

includes/database/select.inc, line 1478

Class

SelectQuery
Query builder for SELECT statements.

Code

public function countQuery() {
    // Create our new query object that we will mutate into a count query.
    $count = clone $this;
    $group_by = $count->getGroupBy();
    $having = $count->havingConditions();
    if (!$count->distinct && !isset($having[0])) {
        // When not executing a distinct query, we can zero-out existing fields
        // and expressions that are not used by a GROUP BY or HAVING. Fields
        // listed in a GROUP BY or HAVING clause need to be present in the
        // query.
        $fields =& $count->getFields();
        foreach (array_keys($fields) as $field) {
            if (empty($group_by[$field])) {
                unset($fields[$field]);
            }
        }
        $expressions =& $count->getExpressions();
        foreach (array_keys($expressions) as $field) {
            if (empty($group_by[$field])) {
                unset($expressions[$field]);
            }
        }
        // Also remove 'all_fields' statements, which are expanded into tablename.*
        // when the query is executed.
        foreach ($count->tables as $alias => &$table) {
            unset($table['all_fields']);
        }
    }
    // If we've just removed all fields from the query, make sure there is at
    // least one so that the query still runs.
    $count->addExpression('1');
    // Ordering a count query is a waste of cycles, and breaks on some
    // databases anyway.
    $orders =& $count->getOrderBy();
    $orders = array();
    if ($count->distinct && !empty($group_by)) {
        // If the query is distinct and contains a GROUP BY, we need to remove the
        // distinct because SQL99 does not support counting on distinct multiple fields.
        $count->distinct = FALSE;
    }
    $query = $this->connection
        ->select($count);
    $query->addExpression('COUNT(*)');
    return $query;
}

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