Re: [PHP] Question on response time, SQL vs. PHP

It's faster to use count(*), because it just has to fetch a count of the rows (but not the rows themselves). If you're retrieving the rows anyway, you should use mysql_num_rows, Liam Gibbs wrote: I'm trying to do a count(*) in SQL. Would it be faster to do a or b below? a: just do a simple qu

RE: [PHP] Question on response time, SQL vs. PHP

It is faster to do a count(*) -Original Message- From: Liam Gibbs [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, March 31, 2003 1:31 PM To: php list Subject: [PHP] Question on response time, SQL vs. PHP I'm trying to do a count(*) in SQL. Would it be faster to do a or b below? a: just

[PHP] Question on response time, SQL vs. PHP

I'm trying to do a count(*) in SQL. Would it be faster to do a or b below? a: just do a simple query, and use mysql_num_rows() to return the row count; or b: do the count(*) and use mysql_fetch_row() to return the result. I guess it would have to do more with SQL response time (is it faster to gr