Re: [PDO] Number of rows found by Select

yeah, it would help if I read the whole post. Sorry. On Tuesday 08 November 2005 9:06 am, Dwight Altman wrote: > I suppose you could use "count( PDOStatement::fetchAll() )", but I > understand your amazement. > > mysql_num_rows() is specific to MySQL. He wants a PDO version. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Micah Stevens [mailto:micah@raincross-tech.com] > Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2005 10:51 AM > To: php-db@lists.php.net > Subject: Re: [PHP-DB] [PDO] Number of rows found by Select > > > > 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 > > --