Re: counting number of records in a MySQL table; how do I get the result?
| From: | Rasmus Lerdorf | Date: | Wed, 02 Oct 2002 20:40:02 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: counting number of records in a MySQL table; how do I get the result? | ||
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$ret = mysql_query("SELECT count(*) as foo FROM AuthNum");
$result = mysql_fetch_array($ret);
echo $result['foo'];
One of many ways...
-Rasmus
On Wed, 2 Oct 2002, DonPro wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I need to do either an insert or update into a MySQL table. Insert if there
> are 0 records or update if one record exist:
>
> This is my code snippet:
>
> if (mysql_query("SELECT COUNT(*) FROM AuthNum") == 0) {
> mysql_query("INSERT into AuthNum (FirstNum, LastNum, NextNum) VALUES
> (1,2,3)",$dblink);
> } else {
> mysql_query("Update AuthNum Set FirstNum = 1, LastNum = 2, NextNum =
> 3",$dbLink);
> }
>
> My problem is, a record never gets inserted because the SELECT COUNT query
> is returning a resource ID of 2. How can I get the actual number of records
> in the table?
>
> Thanks,
> Don
>
>
>
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