Re: how can we get total records in pg server?

Hello,Here's a quick function to count the total number of rows in none
system tables:
DROP FUNCTION cnt_rows();
CREATE FUNCTION cnt_rows() RETURNS int4 AS '
DECLAREr RECORD;rb RECORD;tot int4;sqlstr text;
BEGINtot:=0;FOR r IN select * from pg_tables where not tablename like ''pg_%''
LOOP    sqlstr:=''SELECT count(*) AS cnt FROM '' ||
quote_ident(r.tablename) || '';'';    FOR rb IN EXECUTE sqlstr LOOP        RAISE NOTICE ''Number of rows in
%=%'',r.tablename,rb.cnt;        tot:=tot+rb.cnt;    END LOOP;END LOOP;RAISE NOTICE ''Total Number of rows for all none
system
tables=%'',tot;RETURN tot;
END;
' LANGUAGE 'plpgsql';

You'll also need to have the plpgsql language created for your database
(eg: createlang plpgsql testdb)
then just execute the above script then select cnt_rows(); in psql.
-Stuart


ORIGINAL MESSAGE:
hi all,
consider the pg server with databases
bhuvan
uday
guru

the need is to get TOTAL RECORDS of all the THREE DATABASES or atleast
TOTAL RECORDS of ONE DATABASE.

Seems to be simple.
Thankx in advance and infact i was a newbie. 

Regards, 
Bhuvaneswar.
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On Mon, 23 Jul 2001, omid omoomi wrote:

> you mean this ?
> select count(*) from tablefoo;
> 
> 
> >From: Bhuvan A <bhuvansql@yahoo.com>
> >To: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
> >Subject: [SQL] how can we get total records in pg server?
> >Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2001 20:03:42 +0530 (IST)
> >
> >
> >Hi all,
> >
> >how can we get the COUNT of total records in the db server?
> >
> >hope this could be simple for pg experts.
> >thankx in advance!
> >
> >Regards,
> >Bhuvaneswar.
>
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