Count(*) SPARQL Query Using Jena

[Iain Ritchie]

Hi,

I would like to execute a COUNT(*) type query in Jena:

SELECT count (*) WHERE {?s ?p ?o}

I get a QueryParseException when trying to execute:

com.hp.hpl.jena.query.QueryParseException Encountered " "count" "count
"" at line 1, column 8.

String queryString = "SELECT count (*) WHERE {?s ?p ?o} ";
Query query = QueryFactory.create(queryString);

Any suggestions how this might be achievable without iterating through
the ResultSet?

Many Thanks in advance.