数据库统计数据量时常常用的是count(1)或者count(*),这两者区别不大，在postgres里面统计数据总量时，要注意count(column_name)与count(*)的区别，有些场景下会造成数据统计不准确的误解。

官方文档上有一段话：

For example, count(*) yields the total number of input rows; 
count(f1) yields the number of input rows in which f1 is non-null, since count ignores nulls; 
and count(distinct f1) yields the number of distinct non-null values of f1.

[postgres@localhost ~]$ psql
psql (9.2.3)
Type "help" for help.
postgres=# create table t_kenyon(id int);
CREATE TABLE
postgres=# insert into t_kenyon values(1),(2),(2),(3),(null),(null);
INSERT 0 6
postgres=# select * from t_kenyon;
(6 rows)
postgres=# select count(1),count(*),count(id),count(distinct id) from t_kenyon;
 count | count | count | count 
-------+-------+-------+-------
     6 |     6 |     4 |     3
(1 row)
postgres=# drop table t_kenyon;
DROP TABLE

总结：
count(1)或者count(*)会统计所有行数，包括Null值;
count(字段)会对Null值去掉统计;
count(distinct column)则会对非Null字段进行去重统计。