Get record counts for all tables in MySQL database

Question

Is there a way to get the count of rows in all tables in a MySQL database without running a SELECT count() on each table?

Answer 1

This stored procedure lists tables, counts records, and produces a total number of records at the end.

To run it after adding this procedure:

CALL `COUNT_ALL_RECORDS_BY_TABLE` ();

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The Procedure:

DELIMITER $$

CREATE DEFINER=`root`@`127.0.0.1` PROCEDURE `COUNT_ALL_RECORDS_BY_TABLE`()
BEGIN
DECLARE done INT DEFAULT 0;
DECLARE TNAME CHAR(255);

DECLARE table_names CURSOR for 
    SELECT table_name FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES WHERE TABLE_SCHEMA = DATABASE();

DECLARE CONTINUE HANDLER FOR NOT FOUND SET done = 1;

OPEN table_names;   

DROP TABLE IF EXISTS TCOUNTS;
CREATE TEMPORARY TABLE TCOUNTS 
  (
    TABLE_NAME CHAR(255),
    RECORD_COUNT INT
  ) ENGINE = MEMORY; 


WHILE done = 0 DO

  FETCH NEXT FROM table_names INTO TNAME;

   IF done = 0 THEN
    SET @SQL_TXT = CONCAT("INSERT INTO TCOUNTS(SELECT '" , TNAME  , "' AS TABLE_NAME, COUNT(*) AS RECORD_COUNT FROM ", TNAME, ")");

    PREPARE stmt_name FROM @SQL_TXT;
    EXECUTE stmt_name;
    DEALLOCATE PREPARE stmt_name;  
  END IF;

END WHILE;

CLOSE table_names;

SELECT * FROM TCOUNTS;

SELECT SUM(RECORD_COUNT) AS TOTAL_DATABASE_RECORD_CT FROM TCOUNTS;

END

Answer 2

This is what I do to get the actual count (no using the schema)

It's slower but more accurate.

It's a two step process at

1. Get list of tables for your db. You can get it using

   mysql -uroot -p mydb -e "show tables"
   

2. Create and assign the list of tables to the array variable in this bash script (separated by a single space just like in the code below)

   array=( table1 table2 table3 )
   
   for i in "${array[@]}"
   do
       echo $i
       mysql -uroot mydb -e "select count(*) from $i"
   done
   

3. Run it:

   chmod +x script.sh; ./script.sh
   

Answer 3

 SELECT TABLE_NAME,SUM(TABLE_ROWS) 
 FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES 
 WHERE TABLE_SCHEMA = 'your_db' 
 GROUP BY TABLE_NAME;

That's all you need.

Answer 4

If you want the exact numbers, use the following ruby script. You need Ruby and RubyGems.

Install following Gems:

$> gem install dbi
$> gem install dbd-mysql

File: count_table_records.rb

require 'rubygems'
require 'dbi'

db_handler = DBI.connect('DBI:Mysql:database_name:localhost', 'username', 'password')

# Collect all Tables
sql_1 = db_handler.prepare('SHOW tables;')
sql_1.execute
tables = sql_1.map { |row| row[0]}
sql_1.finish

tables.each do |table_name|
  sql_2 = db_handler.prepare("SELECT count(*) FROM #{table_name};")
  sql_2.execute
  sql_2.each do |row|
    puts "Table #{table_name} has #{row[0]} rows."
  end
  sql_2.finish
end

db_handler.disconnect

Go back to the command-line:

$> ruby count_table_records.rb

Output:

Table users has 7328974 rows.

Answer 5

You can probably put something together with Tables table. I've never done it, but it looks like it has a column for TABLE_ROWS and one for TABLE NAME.

To get rows per table, you can use a query like this:

SELECT table_name, table_rows
FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES
WHERE TABLE_SCHEMA = '**YOUR SCHEMA**';

Answer 6

SELECT SUM(TABLE_ROWS) 
     FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES 
     WHERE TABLE_SCHEMA = '{your_db}';

Note from the docs though: For InnoDB tables, the row count is only a rough estimate used in SQL optimization. You'll need to use COUNT(*) for exact counts (which is more expensive).