RE: [PHP-DB] Next N Interface

> That would actually work for just getting a certain number of records from > a > query, but you would have to execute another query to figure out the > navigational > links he said he wants on the bottom...like google has, << 1 2 3 4 5 >>. > So, > when I attacked it I figured one query is better then two even if it > returns a > whole bunch of records in the result that you are not using for that page. > How is > that for performance? which would be better? Or even, is there an > alternative > way to figureing out how many records are in a database? Always more then > one > way to skin a cat. Use two queries. A count(*) query and a LIMIT query to only return X rows. If you have a smaller table, it might be okay to do it with on and seek the rows you want, but it's inefficient and not scalable for large tables. Previous/Next links are pretty simple with MySQL. Just pass a $page variable between pages. Increment it with Next, decrement it with Previous. Then, use it in your query like this: $result1 = mysql_query("SELECT COUNT(*) FROM your_table WHERE ... "); $records = mysql_result($result,0); $num_per_page = 5; $start = $page * $num_per_page; $num_pages = ceil($records / $num_per_page); $result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE ... LIMIT $start, $num_per_page"); Add in a little logic so $page isn't below zero and doesn't go above your max pages, and you're golden... ---John Holmes...