jrCore_db_search_items and return_count
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Cheers @stevex, glad you could understand.
If your just wanting a count, then I'd also add in the 'skip triggers' so you dont make all the other modules add in all the other stuff.
function view_jrBlog_test($_post, $_user, $_conf)
{
$_sp = array(
'return_count' => true,
'skip_triggers' => true,
'limit' => 999999
);
$_rt = jrCore_db_search_items('jrBlog',$_sp);
return $_rt;
}