Re: Cursor rowcount

On Mon, 2003-01-13 at 22:19, Tom Lane wrote:
> <typea(at)l-i-e(dot)com> writes:
> > Yes, but as noted in my longer version, that number does not seem to "come
> > through" the PHP API.
>
> Perhaps not, but you'd have to ask the PHP folk about it. This question
> surely doesn't belong on pgsql-performance ...

Wellllll, maybe it does, since the /performance/ of a SELECT COUNT(*)
followed by a cursor certainly is lower than getting the count from
a system variable.

But still I agree, the PHP list seems more appropriate...

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