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# count

Return the count of instances in the DB for the given entity name. You can also pass an optional where statement that can filter the count. Ex: count('User','age > 40 AND name="joe"'). You can even use named or positional parameters with this method: Ex: count('User','age > ? AND name = ?',\[40,"joe"])

## Returns

* This function returns *numeric*

## Arguments

| Key        | Type   | Required | Default    | Description                    |
| ---------- | ------ | -------- | ---------- | ------------------------------ |
| entityName | string | Yes      | ---        |                                |
| where      | string | No       |            |                                |
| params     | any    | No       | strucnew() | Named or positional parameters |

## Examples

```javascript
// Get the count of instances for all books
ormService.count("Book");
// Get the count for users with age above 40 and named Bob
ormService.count("User","age > 40 AND name='Bob'");
// Get the count for users with passed in positional parameters
ormService.count("User","age > ? AND name=?",[40,'Bob']);
// Get the count for users with passed in named parameters
ormService.count("Post","title like :title and year = :year",{title="coldbox",year="2007"});
```


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