Thank you for the response. It looks like that worked! I am going to try it on the webpage now. I will let everybody know if this works.
Thanks Rick PS. to everyone else I want to say thanks. I have run the ones that you have sent but always came up with an error. If you want me to send you the error let me know and I will send it to you. Thanks again ----- Original Message ----- From: "Shyamal Banerjee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2002 4:29 AM Subject: Re: Count Rows in two tables > If you know the primary keys of the two tables, it may be done as follows: > > select count(distinct t1.pk1) + count(distinct t2.pk2) from t1,t2; > where - pk1 is the primary key column name of table t1 and > pk2 is the primary key column name of table t2. > > SB > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Rick Baranowski" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2002 8:39 AM > Subject: Re: Count Rows in two tables > > > > Please forgive me I am new to mySQL, could you give me an example of how I > > would do this? The two tables are users and staff > > > > Thanks > > Rick > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Murad Nayal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2002 6:58 PM > > Subject: Re: Count Rows in two tables > > > > > > > > > > Alan McDonald wrote: > > > > > > > > You can't count the join? > > > > Alan > > > > > > if you count the (unqualified) join you'll end up with the product of > > > the two table counts. > > > > > > Murad > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > From: Rick Baranowski [mailto:rickb@;baranconsulting.com] > > > > > Sent: Wednesday, 13 November 2002 12:10 > > > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > Subject: Count Rows in two tables > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hello all, > > > > > > > > > > Does anybody have a SQL string to count the rows in two different > > > > > tables and > > > > > give you a total number of rows? I have been trying to find an > > > > > answer for a > > > > > couple of days and seems like a simple string. > > > > > > > > > > Thank you > > > > > > > > > > Rick > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > Before posting, please check: > > > http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) > > > http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) > > > > > > To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Before posting, please check: > > http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) > > http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) > > > > To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To unsubscribe, e-mail > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Before posting, please check: > http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) > http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) > > To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php > --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
