how to get number of matched results of a query to SharePoint?

Question

Hello everyone,

I am using VSTS 2008 + C# + .Net 3.5 + ASP.Net + SharePoint Server Enterprise 2007 on IIS 7.0 with Windows Server 2008 Enterprise.

I am currently using queryex web serivces API to get matched query results for a specific query. My question is, how to get the number of matched query results without returning the whole query results? I only need the number of matched query results.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/search.queryservice.queryex(v=office.12).aspx

thanks in advance, George

Answer 1

I haven't used queryex, however, looking at the MSDN doco, it returns a DataSet. The doco says that each query resultset returns a DataTable. By doing DataTable.Rows.Count, I think you should be able to get the number of results.

HTH