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sumCount

Introduced in: v21.6.0 Calculates the sum of the numbers and counts the number of rows at the same time. The function is used by ClickHouse query optimizer: if there are multiple sum, count or avg functions in a query, they can be replaced to single sumCount function to reuse the calculations. The function is rarely needed to use explicitly. See also Syntax
sumCount(x)
Arguments Returned value Returns a tuple (sum, count), where sum is the sum of numbers and count is the number of rows with not-NULL values. Tuple Examples Basic usage
Query
CREATE TABLE s_table (x Int8) ENGINE = Log;
INSERT INTO s_table SELECT number FROM numbers(0, 20);
INSERT INTO s_table VALUES (NULL);
SELECT sumCount(x) FROM s_table;
Response
┌─sumCount(x)─┐
│ (190,20)    │
└─────────────┘
See also
Last modified on June 8, 2026