> I've run into this before, and if you use MySQL you can do something > like this: > > SELECT SQL_CALC_FOUND_ROWS * FROM Products LIMIT $From, $To > > SELECT FOUND_ROWS() > > http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/information-functions.html > > The second query will give you the number of rows that would have been > returned without the LIMIT clause. There's no way to do it with one > query though... at least easily or quickly. > I have to test it because I use 4 tables in the query. But, I think is worth trying. At least will learn something new. :)
Thanks Ray -afan > Ray > > -----Original Message----- > From: Brad Bonkoski [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, November 17, 2006 1:57 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: Re: [PHP] Additional query for number of records in table > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> hi, >> I have query to select products for specific category from DB, > something >> like: >> SELECT prod_id, prod_name,... >> FROM products >> LIMIT $From, $To >> >> where $From and $To values depend of on what page you are. let say > there >> are 100 products and I'm listing 25 products per page. for page 1 > $From=0, >> $To=24. for page 2 $From=25 and$To=49, etc. >> >> works fine. >> >> though, to calculate how many pages I have I need total number of > records. >> do I have to run first a query (something like SELECT COUNT(*) as >> NoOfRecords FROM products) and then query above or there is solution > to >> have both info using one query? >> >> as a solution, I can run a query to grab all records and then list > just 25 >> products but I think it's not so smart idea :) >> >> thanks for any help. >> >> -afan >> >> > I would say the select count(*) from ... query would be a fairly low > cost query. > Perhaps you could store off the number of rows in a session variable so > you don't have to execute the count query when you move to the next > page. > -B > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
