How can you determine the total number of rows in an SQL database table?

To determine the total number of rows in a SQL database table, a query with the aggregate function COUNT(*) is used. For example:

SELECT COUNT(*) FROM table_name;

This query will return the count of all rows in the specified table. In Java, such a query is usually executed using JDBC:

String query = "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM table_name";
try (Statement stmt = connection.createStatement();
     ResultSet rs = stmt.executeQuery(query)) {
    if (rs.next()) {
        int rowCount = rs.getInt(1);
        System.out.println("Number of rows: " + rowCount);
    }
}

This way, you can get the total number of records in the table.