Re: [PDO] Number of rows found by Select
| From: | Micah Stevens | Date: | Tue, 08 Nov 2005 16:50:52 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: [PDO] Number of rows found by Select | ||
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mysql_num_rows()
On Tuesday 08 November 2005 5:17 am, Rob C wrote:
> What is the recommended way to find the number of rows found by a SELECT
> query? PDOStatement::rowCount() doesn't work with MySQL and is a bit
> of a hack anyway. Doing a COUNT(*) before the SELECT is very hackish -
> the data could have changed and it's an extra query. What is there
> that's better than either of these? Is there any way to use COUNT(*)
> without risking data change, such as inside a transaction?
>
> I'm amazed that there is no mysql_num_rows() equivilent, I get the
> feeling that I'm missing something obvious. I can only presume there is
> some technical limitation that I'm not appreciating, if anyone can shed
> some light on this, I'd like to know.
>
> I'm new to both PDO and this mailing list, so please be gentle with me.
> I'm using PDO 1.0RC2, PHP 5.0.5 and MySQL 4.1.15.
>
> Rob