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MSSQL_NUM_ROWS(3)														 MSSQL_NUM_ROWS(3)

mssql_num_rows - Gets the number of rows in result

SYNOPSIS
       int mssql_num_rows (resource  $result)

DESCRIPTION
       mssql_num_rows(3) returns the number of rows in a result set.

PARAMETERS
	      o $result
		- The result resource that is being evaluated. This result comes from a call to mssql_query(3).

RETURN VALUES
	Returns the number of rows, as an integer.

EXAMPLES
       Example #1

	      mssql_num_rows(3) example

	      <?php
	      // Connect to MSSQL and select the database
	      $link = mssql_connect('KALLESPCSQLEXPRESS', 'sa', 'phpfi');
	      mssql_select_db('php');

	      // Select all our records from a table
	      $query = mssql_query('SELECT * FROM [php].[dbo].[persons]');

	      echo 'Total records in database: ' . mssql_num_rows($query);

	      // Clean up
	      mssql_free_result($query);
	      ?>

SEE ALSO
       mssql_query(3), mssql_fetch_row(3).

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