Date: Sun, 23 May 1999 10:00:15 +0200
From: Michael Meskes <meskes@postgresql.org>
To: pgsql-interfaces@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: [INTERFACES] What to use to get number of tuples in a query
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	from Hitesh Patel on Fri, May 21, 1999 at 02:51:10PM -0700

On Fri, May 21, 1999 at 02:51:10PM -0700, Hitesh Patel wrote:
> What should I use to get the number of tuples returned by a PQexec()? 
> PQntuples seems to be doing the job but i'm not sure if that is the
> right thing to use.

At least that's the command I use with ecpg. :-)

However, if you're executing commands that do not return tuples you have to
use PQcmdTuples().

Michael
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