count rows without count(*)

From: konfera@xxxxxx (Ing. Branislav Gerzo)
Date: Sat, 28 May 2005 13:14:26 +0200

Hi all,

I get data from DB with:
while (my ($id, $post_text) = $getpost->fetchrow_array) {

is there a way how much columns are selected wihout select (fetch)
them all, or using count(*) function ?

Thanks

.

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