At 5:07 PM -0400 11/23/99, Anthony Cooke wrote:
>Hello there,
>
>I'd like to have the COUNT(*) statement return the number of records that
>are returned in a simple SELECT statement with a WHERE clause. For instance:
>
>SELECT my_idno, my_title_string, my_category FROM thetable
> WHERE title_string LIKE "cowboy %" LIMIT 20
>
>Returns the first 20 records to fill the query. Then:
>
>SELECT COUNT(*) FROM thetable WHERE my_title_string LIKE "cowboy %"
>
>Returns the number of records that qualify.
>
>I'd like to mix both select statements into one, but I've had no luck. When
>I place a GROUP BY clause, the COUNT(*) returns the size of each individual
>group... but what is required is the number of records from all groups.
>SUM(COUNT(*)) isn't allowed, either.
>
>SELECT my_idno, my_title_string, my_category, count(null) FROM thetable
> WHERE title_string LIKE "cowboy %" GROUP BY (null) LIMIT 20
>
>Returns only the first record, although the number of counted records is
>correct.
>
>Any ideas??
You must run two queries.
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Paul DuBois, paul@stripped
