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Bug 20504 - return the number of items in a list

Summary:	return the number of items in a list

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 17993 Product: MediaWiki Classification: Unclassified Component: API (Other open bugs) Version: unspecified Hardware: All All Importance: Normal enhancement (vote) Target Milestone: --- Assigned To: Roan Kattouw URL: Whiteboard: Keywords: Depends on: Blocks:   Show dependency tree / graph		Reported: 2009-09-04 16:55 UTC by Le Chat Modified: 2009-09-04 17:35 UTC (History) CC List: 4 users (show) Bryan.TongMinh roan.kattouw soxred93 vasilvv See Also: Web browser: --- Mobile Platform: --- Assignee Huggle Beta Tester: ---

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Description Le Chat 2009-09-04 16:55:26 UTC Can there be an option, when retrieving a list, to retrieve just the total number of items in the list, instead of having to retrieve the list itself (particularly wasteful when the list is many times longer than the number of items you can get in a single query)? Comment 1 Roan Kattouw 2009-09-04 17:35:29 UTC Note that even if this was implemented, the count would still be affected by the limit; if the count is higher, you wouldn't be able to get it in a single query. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 17993 ***