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Re: count(*) versus mysql_num_rows
Posted by: Paul Loy
Date: June 02, 2006 04:13AM

I agree, if all you want to do is get a count then the second one is quicker. Now my predicament is this:

I want to get all the rows anyway for displaying in a table but I also want to count them. But because I'm hacking some code (sphider to be exact) I don't think I'll be able to use the output loop to count the rows without altering the code too much.

Given this, is mysql_num_rows quicker than doing a simple count(*) which could be cached in mysql?

Note (1): the number of rows retured will be in the thousands.
Note (2): actual tests would be better for me than guess work.

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