Perrin Harkins wrote: > On Thu, Feb 14, 2008 at 3:30 PM, Ken Prows <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I am trying to find a way to use MySQL's FOUND_ROWS() feature with Rose: >> >> >> http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/information-functions.html#function_found-rows >> >> I am most interested in getting this to work with my Manager classes so >> that I do not have to do a second query to find the total count using >> the 'get_objects_count' method. >> > > Usually people want to do this because they're using LIMIT, but it > turns out to be a bad idea. It's usually faster to do a second COUNT > query than to use LIMIT and FOUND_ROWS. > > Since you are not using LIMIT, I don't think you need SQL_CALC_FOUND_ROWS. > > "In the absence of the SQL_CALC_FOUND_ROWS option in the most recent > SELECT statement, FOUND_ROWS() returns the number of rows in the > result set returned by that statement." > > Try calling FOUND_ROWS() without SQL_CALC_FOUND_ROWS and see if it > works. (Kind of seems like you should be able to get this from DBI in > some way too, but I think $sth->rows only works for > INSERT//UPDATE/DELETE.) > > Sorry, I forgot to include the limit arg in my example. I do use limit so that I can page the data. I need to know the total matches so that I can determine how many pages there are.
FOUND_ROWS() does not work without including SQL_CALC_FOUND_ROWS. If SQL_CALC_FOUND_ROWS is left out, FOUND_ROWS() simply returns whatever the limit is set to. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Rose-db-object mailing list Rose-db-object@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/rose-db-object