two SQL COUNT() queries?

Question

I want to count both the total # of records in a table, and the total # of records that match certain conditions. I can do these with two separate queries:

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Answer 1

In Sql Server or MySQL, you can do that with a CASE statement:

select 
    count(*) as TotalCount,
    sum(case when {conditions} then 1 else 0 end) as QualifiedCount
from MyTable

Edit: This also works if you use a JOIN in the condition:

select 
    count(*) as TotalCount,
    sum(case when {conditions} then 1 else 0 end) as QualifiedCount
from MyTable t
left join MyChair c on c.TableId = t.Id
group by t.id, t.[othercolums]

The GROUP BY is there to ensure you only find one row from the main table.