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Thanks to Ted Ernst for pointing me to this extension and test page after reading [http://distributedresearch.net/blog/?p=139 my blog post]. Now I'd like to see if it's possible to produce totals instead/as well as lists. --[[User:Andy Roberts|Andy]] 04:37, 12 September 2006 (EDT) | Thanks to Ted Ernst for pointing me to this extension and test page after reading [http://distributedresearch.net/blog/?p=139 my blog post]. Now I'd like to see if it's possible to produce totals instead/as well as lists. --[[User:Andy Roberts|Andy]] 04:37, 12 September 2006 (EDT) | ||
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I asked about totals on the medeiwiki-l list and received this reply from Cyril Dangerville | |||
Hello, | |||
this feature has already been requested (more or less): | |||
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:DynamicPageList2#mode.3Dcount | |||
If you want to add something and get some help, this is the place to go. | |||
I am still working on other features that have been requested a long | |||
time ago (but when a patch is submitted with a request, I try to make | |||
it a priority). | |||
Meanwhile, I can give you some help if you want to look at the code. | |||
To get counts, I can see at least 2 ways. The changes mentioned here | |||
concern DynamicPageList2 v0.6.4: | |||
1) (Depending on DPL2 parameters to be specified, like 'mode=count') | |||
change the SQL query line 592 and use something like SELECT | |||
count(page_title) blabla instead. This would keep the SQL to a | |||
minimum, good for performance. Then get the counts with | |||
"$dbr->numRows( $res )" like at l. 682. | |||
2) Quick easy solution: just use the "$dbr->numRows( $res )" like at | |||
l. 682, no matter what the query was. ( If you don't want to mess with | |||
it.) | |||
Last, be careful with the ordermethod you are using. With multi-param | |||
ordermethod, you may get the same page more than once. For instance, | |||
with 'ordermethod=category,title', if a page on your wiki links to 10 | |||
categories, you'll have 10 occurrences of the page in the result. You | |||
may not want to count them as much. This is not the case for simple | |||
ordermethods (firstedit, lastedit, title...) | |||
This is just a hint, hope it helps. If you think of something else... | |||
Use the talk page (see link above). | |||