Count number of records returned by group by

Question

How do I count the number of records returned by a group by query,

For eg:

select count(*) 
from temptable
group by column_1, column_2, column_3, co         


        

Answer 1

You could do:

select sum(counts) total_records from (
    select count(*) as counts
    from temptable
    group by column_1, column_2, column_3, column_4
) as tmp