On Tue, 30 Mar 2004 11:04:49 -0600 Andrew Gaffney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Is there a way to find out how many records were returned with a DBI query? There's > the > obvious counting each record as you fetch it, but I need the count before I start > going > through them. > Hi, I found this in perldoc DBD::[drivername] - I use DBD::Pg as my database is postgresql. You might want to look at your DBD documentation, as it may have something specific to how the DBD/DBI interface can access the row count infomation for you. rs. rows $rv = $sth->rows; Supported by the driver as proposed by DBI. In con- trast to many other drivers the number of rows is available immediately after executing the statement. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>