Question

I am trying to figure out how to get the max record count before i populate a listview grid. I’m using the Oracle 10g DB and I’ve tried:

SELECT COUNT(*) as countNum, status, date, theTitle, theMessage, date2 " & _
       "FROM blah blah...

messagebox.show(dr(0))

But that makes the SQL query crash. It doesnt seem as though i am about to put anything related to “count” in my query or it will crash so is there any other way i can see how many records it returns other than that?

Thanks! :o)

David

Answer 1

Use analytical count like so:
SELECT COUNT(*) over () as countNum, status, date, theTitle, theMessage, date2 ” & _
“FROM blah blah