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Asked: 2026-05-15T16:22:26+00:00

I’m fetching data for my grid like this SELECT Orders.CustomerID, Orders.OrderTime, OrderItems.ProductID, OrderItems.Quantity FROM

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I’m fetching data for my grid like this 

SELECT
   Orders.CustomerID,
   Orders.OrderTime,
   OrderItems.ProductID,
   OrderItems.Quantity
   FROM
   dbo.Orders INNER JOIN dbo.OrderItems
       ON Orders.ID = OrderItems.OrderID

I also need the total count for the pagination.

There’re two options.

1- Do an another fetch

SELECT count(*) FROM dbo.Orders

2- Put the count statement in the query

SELECT
   Orders.CustomerID,
   Orders.OrderTime,
   OrderItems.ProductID,
   OrderItems.Quantity,
   (SELECT count(*) FROM dbo.Orders) as Count
   FROM
   dbo.Orders INNER JOIN dbo.OrderItems
       ON Orders.ID = OrderItems.OrderID

Which way should I go ?

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  1. Editorial Team

    Of the 2 methods you’ve put forward, the first (separate query) is better. The second method means the count will appear in every row returned which is a bit unnecessary. Also if the query returns 20 rows, the select count(*) will be executed 20 times (if i remember right, guess this could depend on which database engine you’re using).

    Additionally, depending on how much traffic you’re envisaging and how big the table is likely to get, you can improve upon this by caching the result of select count(*) somewhere, and then refreshing it upon insertions / deletions to the table.

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