The correct way is to use a query such as [sql] select count(*) from table [/sql]
this will return just one row and it wil tell you how many rows are in your table and your database will be a lot happier :-)
John Taylor-Johnston wrote:
Help me out here. I want to get a numeral on the number of records in a table. What is the function?
http://www.php.net/manual-lookup.php?pattern=fetch%2Brows&lang=en http://www.php.net/manual-lookup.php?pattern=fetch%2Brecords&lang=en
? :) John
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