How do I count the number of rows returned in my SQLite reader in C#?

Question

I\'m working in Microsoft Visual C# 2008 Express and with SQLite.

I\'m querying my database with something like this:

SQLiteCommand cmd = new SQLiteC         


        

Answer 1

Normally i would do

select count(1) from myTable where word = '" + word + "';";

to get the result as fast as possible. In the case where id is an int then it won't make much difference. If it was something a bit bigger like a string type then you'll notice a difference over a large dataset.

Reasoning about it count(1) will include the null rows. But i'm prepared to be corrected if i'm wrong about that.