Re: select count(*)

[Egor Egorov]

"Eko Budiharto" <eko_b@stripped> wrote:

> I am trying to find how to use command "select count(*)". I tried it in
> mysql query console, it shows the number of my rows in my table. But
> when I tried it in perl with $sth->do("select count(*) from mytable")
> and run the perl script from DOS console, I always gets "1" in value.
> What is the right way to do it in order to get the number of rows in my
> table in return?
> I am looking forward to a favorable reply from you. Thank you.

print $dbh->selectrow_arrayref("SELECT COUNT(*) FROM mytable")->[0], "\n";






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