From b0ce05f13c652093fb31fc5dc75e19b753720916 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jessica Wright <49636617+AlexicaWright@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2023 14:25:02 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] add query for counting databases in a cluster (#1224)
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Co-authored-by: Jens Pryce-Åklundh <112686610+JPryce-Aklundh@users.noreply.github.com>
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 .../standard-databases/manage-databases.adoc             | 9 ++++++---
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/modules/ROOT/pages/database-administration/standard-databases/manage-databases.adoc b/modules/ROOT/pages/database-administration/standard-databases/manage-databases.adoc
index 8d5b83fee..0c89e6b76 100644
--- a/modules/ROOT/pages/database-administration/standard-databases/manage-databases.adoc
+++ b/modules/ROOT/pages/database-administration/standard-databases/manage-databases.adoc
@@ -300,13 +300,13 @@ SHOW DATABASE movies YIELD *
 
 === Show the number of databases
 
-The number of databases can be seen using a `count()` aggregation with `YIELD` and `RETURN`.
+The number of distinct databases can be seen using `YIELD` and a `count()` function in the `RETURN` clause.
 
 .Query
 [source, cypher]
 ----
-SHOW DATABASES YIELD *
-RETURN count(*) AS count
+SHOW DATABASES YIELD name
+RETURN count(DISTINCT name) AS count
 ----
 
 .Result
@@ -319,6 +319,9 @@ RETURN count(*) AS count
 +-------+
 ----
 
+By specifying the `name` column and sorting the results by distinct name, only the number of distinct databases are counted, **not** the number of allocations of databases in a clustered environment.
+
+
 === Show the default database
 
 The default database can be seen using the command `SHOW DEFAULT DATABASE`.