{"id":31444,"date":"2018-04-21T15:47:46","date_gmt":"2018-04-21T15:47:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ampscript.guide\/dataextensionrowcount\/"},"modified":"2021-04-06T01:18:27","modified_gmt":"2021-04-06T01:18:27","slug":"dataextensionrowcount","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ampscript.guide\/dataextensionrowcount\/","title":{"rendered":"DataExtensionRowCount"},"content":{"rendered":"

DataExtensionRowCount<\/h2>\n

This function returns the number of rows in the specified Data Extension.<\/p>\n

Argument<\/h3>\n

DataExtensionRowCount(1)<\/code><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
Ordinal<\/th>\nType<\/th>\nRequired<\/th>\nDescription<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
1<\/td>\nString<\/td>\nTrue<\/td>\nData Extension from which to retrieve a row count<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
\n

NOTE: This function will not return row counts from the System Data Views<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Example<\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Data Extension<\/strong>: LoyaltyMembers<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Name<\/th>\nData Type<\/th>\nLength<\/th>\nPrimary Key<\/th>\nNullable<\/th>\nDefault Value<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
EmailAddress<\/td>\nEmailAddress<\/td>\n254<\/td>\nN<\/td>\nN<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
SubscriberKey<\/td>\nText<\/td>\n254<\/td>\nY<\/td>\nN<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
FirstName<\/td>\nText<\/td>\n50<\/td>\nN<\/td>\nY<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
LastName<\/td>\nText<\/td>\n50<\/td>\nN<\/td>\nY<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Created<\/td>\nDate<\/td>\n<\/td>\nN<\/td>\nY<\/td>\nCurrent Date<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

The LoyaltyMembers<\/em> Data Extension includes these rows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
EmailAddress<\/th>\nSubscriberKey<\/th>\nFirstName<\/th>\nLastName<\/th>\nCreated<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
doug@limedash.com<\/td>\n8473<\/td>\nDoug<\/td>\nSmith<\/td>\n2017-10-21 12:01<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
suzy@limedash.com<\/td>\n5497<\/td>\nSuzy<\/td>\nJackson<\/td>\n2017-10-20 11:01<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
dale@limedash.com<\/td>\n7114<\/td>\nDale<\/td>\nCameron<\/td>\n2017-10-19 10:01<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Here is an example utilizing the preceding context:<\/p>\n

%%[\n\nvar @rowCount\nset @rowCount  = DataExtensionRowCount(\"LoyaltyMembers\")\n\n]%%\nrowCount: %%=v(@rowCount)=%%<\/code><\/pre>\n
Output<\/h4>\n
RowCount: 3<\/code><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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