from sqlalchemy import func
# count User records, without
# using a subquery.
session.query(func.count(User.id))
# return count of user "id" grouped
# by "name"
session.query(func.count(User.id)).\
group_by(User.name)
from sqlalchemy import distinct
# count distinct "name" values
session.query(func.count(distinct(User.name)))
