Get Number of Rows returned by ResultSet in Java

First, you should create Statement which can be move cursor by command:

Statement stmt = con.createStatement(ResultSet.TYPE_SCROLL_INSENSITIVE, ResultSet.CONCUR_READ_ONLY);

Then retrieve the ResultSet as below:

ResultSet rs = stmt.executeQuery(...);

Move cursor to the latest row and get it:

if (rs.last()) {
    int rows = rs.getRow();
    // Move to beginning
    rs.beforeFirst();
    ...
}

Then rows variable will contains number of rows returned by sql


You could use a do ... while loop instead of a while loop, so that rs.next() is called after the loop is executed, like this:

if (!rs.next()) {                            //if rs.next() returns false
                                             //then there are no rows.
    System.out.println("No records found");

}
else {
    do {
        // Get data from the current row and use it
    } while (rs.next());
}

Or count the rows yourself as you're getting them:

int count = 0;

while (rs.next()) {
    ++count;
    // Get data from the current row and use it
}

if (count == 0) {
    System.out.println("No records found");
}

A simple getRowCount method can look like this :

private int getRowCount(ResultSet resultSet) {
    if (resultSet == null) {
        return 0;
    }

    try {
        resultSet.last();
        return resultSet.getRow();
    } catch (SQLException exp) {
        exp.printStackTrace();
    } finally {
        try {
            resultSet.beforeFirst();
        } catch (SQLException exp) {
            exp.printStackTrace();
        }
    }

    return 0;
}

Just to be aware that this method will need a scroll sensitive resultSet, so while creating the connection you have to specify the scroll option. Default is FORWARD and using this method will throw you exception.


Another way to differentiate between 0 rows or some rows from a ResultSet:

ResultSet res = getData();

if(!res.isBeforeFirst()){          //res.isBeforeFirst() is true if the cursor
                                   //is before the first row.  If res contains
                                   //no rows, rs.isBeforeFirst() is false.

    System.out.println("0 rows");
}
else{
    while(res.next()){
        // code to display the rows in the table.
    }
}

If you must know the number of rows given a ResultSet, here is a method to get it:

public int getRows(ResultSet res){
    int totalRows = 0;
    try {
        res.last();
        totalRows = res.getRow();
        res.beforeFirst();
    } 
    catch(Exception ex)  {
        return 0;
    }
    return totalRows ;    
}

res.next() method will take the pointer to the next row. and in your code you are using it twice, first for the if condition (cursor moves to first row) then for while condition (cursor moves to second row).

So when you access your results, it starts from second row. So shows one row less in results.

you can try this :

if(!res.next()){ 
    System.out.println("No Data Found");  
}
else{
    do{
       //your code
    } 
    while(res.next());
}