What Results Can I Get From a Query?
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In addition to the result set returned by a query, you can also get the
following information:
* `mysql_affected_rows()' returns the number of rows affected by the
last query when doing an `INSERT', `UPDATE', or `DELETE'. An
exception is that if `DELETE' is used without a `WHERE' clause, the
table is re-created empty, which is much faster! In this case,
`mysql_affected_rows()' returns zero for the number of records
affected.
* `mysql_num_rows()' returns the number of rows in a result set.
With `mysql_store_result()', `mysql_num_rows()' may be called as
soon as `mysql_store_result()' returns. With `mysql_use_result()',
`mysql_num_rows()' may be called only after you have fetched all
the rows with `mysql_fetch_row()'.
* `mysql_insert_id()' returns the ID generated by the last query
that inserted a row into a table with an `AUTO_INCREMENT' index.
Note:`mysql_insert_id()'.
* Some queries (`LOAD DATA INFILE ...', `INSERT INTO ... SELECT
...', `UPDATE') return additional information. The result is
returned by `mysql_info()'. See the description for `mysql_info()'
for the format of the string that it returns. `mysql_info()'
returns a `NULL' pointer if there is no additional information.