That worked! Learn something new every day!
Thanks, Gerald and Brian for the tips!

Rick

-----Original Message-----
From: Gerald Guido [mailto:gerald.gu...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2013 5:45 PM
To: cf-talk
Subject: Re: Getting Record Count


Something like this perhaps?

SELECThelp_topic_id , (SELECT count(help_topic_id)   FROM
mysql.help_relation )   as IDCount,help_keyword_id FROM
mysql.help_relation

LIMIT 10;


On Sat, Jan 26, 2013 at 12:41 PM, Rick Faircloth
<r...@whitestonemedia.com>wrote:

>
> If I'm running a query on a database
> and limit the records returned to 10,
> what's the best way to get the record count
> for the entire dataset if everything was
> return and not just the first 10 records?
>
> I can re-rerun the query without the 10-record
> limit, but that seems like a ridiculous
> approach, just to get the record count.
>
> Suggestions!
>
> Thanks,
>
> Rick
>
>
>
> 



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