Number of rows in a table

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September 26th, 2000, 04:10 PM

salarico

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Is there a way to know the number of rows
in a table without using the SELECT * ...?
I'm looking for some function that only returns the number o rows without reading
througt all the table.

Carlos Sala.

September 26th, 2000, 05:43 PM

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select count(*) from tablename;

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