Ecto: return a count of records

To handle aggregates in Ecto there is a utility function we can leverage on Repo called aggregate/3. This function takes three arguments but the third is optional:

1. The database table name
2. The desired aggregate operation (in this case count)
3. A field to count

Below is an example of executing the function:

Repo.aggregate(“stores”, :count, :uuid)
=> 4