Michael Stowe wrote:
How are you using the number? Probably the easiest way is to utilize PDOStatement::FetchAll() and then do a count() on that result set.
There are two things to bear in mind here. Often you are only displaying a subset of records - ten per page perhaps - and so a count of the total helps to populate the navigation tools. COUNT(*) is not the most efficient way of doing that when dealing with large numbers of records, and so keeping a table with a set of counters that are populated via triggers on insert and delete help to speed up that process. FetchAll() should then always produce a full set of records except for the last page ...
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