It is faster to do a count(*) -----Original Message----- From: Liam Gibbs [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, March 31, 2003 1:31 PM To: php list Subject: [PHP] Question on response time, SQL vs. PHP
I'm trying to do a count(*) in SQL. Would it be faster to do a or b below? a: just do a simple query, and use mysql_num_rows() to return the row count; or b: do the count(*) and use mysql_fetch_row() to return the result. I guess it would have to do more with SQL response time (is it faster to grab the count and then the row, or all rows in question and then do a count in PHP). -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
