Counting number of rows returned by select

[Kim Kantola]

Hi Yall,
I am performing a select distinct sql statement in order to get a number of products from a table, I am not really interested in the product names themselves though, but am interested in how many of them there are, for example, if I have a table with rows like this:

Table = Produce
Field = FruitName
Rows are:[B]
Apple
Orange
Apple
Bannana
Orange[/B]

And my sql is this:

Select distinct FruitName from PRODUCE

I get returned the rows:
[B]Apple
Orange
Bannana[B]

But what I am interested in is the fact that there are three of them. Can I add something to the sql to have it return the number of rows returned (3) or do I have to iterate over the result set to find the number?
Thanks a bunch for any info,
Kim

[nilesh Katakkar]

Select count(distinct FruitName) from PRODUCE

[Kim Kantola]

thanks !