What does “select count(1) from table_name” on any database tables mean?

Question

When we execute select count(*) from table_name it returns the number of rows.

What does count(1) do? What does 1 signify here

Answer 1

You can test like this:

create table test1(
 id number,
 name varchar2(20)
);

insert into test1 values (1,'abc');
insert into test1 values (1,'abc');

select * from test1;
select count(*) from test1;
select count(1) from test1;
select count(ALL 1) from test1;
select count(DISTINCT 1) from test1;