Also (I forgot to tell you) you can use that -1 number. The fact that it is -1 tells you you have records that have been retrieved. Otherwise it will return 0.
Cheers, Joe :) "Joe Van Meer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > Hi Peter, from what I hear (and what I've read) with sqlServer you'll always > get a result of -1 for num_rows. To get an accurate count you'll have to use > the count() on the db in a select query. That's one workaround, no doubt > there are others. > > SELECT COUNT(my_id) FROM TABLE ... > > Cheers Joe :) > > > "Peter Lavender" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > 017301c171b9$dab26f60$090ba8c0@winnie">news:017301c171b9$dab26f60$090ba8c0@winnie... > > Hi Everyone, > > > > As the subject says. > > > > I'm using 4.0.6 on IIS/win2k to a MSSQL 2000 database. > > > > I wish to check if a query returns any values, so the code I have is > nothing > > more than: > > > > $numRows = odbc_num_rows($result); > > print ("$numRows<br>"); > > if ($numRows <= 0) { > > > > print("Nothing to show"); > > > > } > > > > Have I missed something.. with the result always being -1, it causes me > some > > problems.. :) > > > > Thanks > > > > Pete > > > > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
