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%% ``The contents of this file are subject to the Erlang Public License,
%% Version 1.1, (the "License"); you may not use this file except in
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%% 
%%
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%%
%% The Initial Developer of the Original Code is ProcessOne.
%% Portions created by ProcessOne are Copyright 2006-2013, ProcessOne
%% All Rights Reserved.''

-module(p1_mnesia).

-author('mickael.remond@process-one.net').

-export([count_records/2]).

%% Return the number of records matching a given match expression.
%% This function is intended to be used inside a Mnesia transaction.
%% The count has been written to use the fewest possible memory by
%% getting the record by small increment and by using continuation.
-define(BATCHSIZE, 100).

count_records(Tab, MatchExpression) ->
    case mnesia:select(Tab, [{MatchExpression, [], [[]]}],
		       ?BATCHSIZE, read)
	of
      {Result, Cont} ->
	  Count = length(Result),
	  count_records_cont(Cont, Count);
      '$end_of_table' -> 0
    end.

count_records_cont(Cont, Count) ->
    case mnesia:select(Cont) of
      {Result, Cont} ->
	  NewCount = Count + length(Result),
	  count_records_cont(Cont, NewCount);
      '$end_of_table' -> Count
    end.