How to get the row count from an azure database?

Question

Am working on a windows store javascript application. The application uses data from azure mobile services. Consider the below code:

Answer 1

If anybody comes here and interested in how to get the totalCount only on C# (like me), then this is how you do it:

var table =  MobileService.GetTable ();
var query = table.Take(0).IncludeTotalCount();
IList results = await query.ToListAsync ();
long count = ((ITotalCountProvider)results).TotalCount;

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