PHP. Руководство по PHP. 2005
maxdb_num_rows
maxdb_num_rows
Description
Procedural style:int maxdb_num_rows (resource result)
Object oriented style (property):class maxdb {
int num_rows
}
Returns the number of rows in the result set.
The use of maxdb_num_rows() depends on whether you use
buffered or unbuffered result sets.
In case you use unbuffered resultsets maxdb_num_rows()
will not correct the correct number of rows until all the rows in the result
have been retrieved.