John W. Holmes <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
    on Tuesday, May 04, 2004 1:30 PM said:

> I don't follow what "$_GET record count from initial query performed
> above;" is for, but that's the basic methodology.

well that just meant that after the initial count of records is found it
will be retrieved from the querystring instead of through a select
statement (because it had already been performed once before).

> The only thing to
> note is that your first query should only use COUNT() and return the
> number, not actually return the entire result set.

ok. this is what i was already doing in my previous app but i was just
looking to see if it could be streamlined some how.

> With databases that do not support a LIMIT feature, then you will have
> to return the entire result set and use a seek() function to jump to
> the row you need (mssql_data_seek(), pg_data_seek(), etc).

working with mysql so that's no problem.

> Oh, you'll want to use <?php instead of <?chris... ;) Or is this
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]

i was working with the fabulous but little known chris scripting
language. 'wget http://awesomewebsite.com.org/downloads/chris-1.0.rpm'




thanks,
chris.

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