record number when using ByPage Plugin

Hi,
I would like to know if there is a reasonable solution for a minor problem of mine. (means i can live without it, but would be nice if there is a solution for it)
I made a page displaying the results of SQL queries with parameters, of big tables. I am using the ByPage and the NavBar plugins, and seems to work fine.

Is there a way to show on screen the total number of records of the query ?
Taking the number of the merged records only shows the page size (or less), because of the ByPage Plugin.
And i would prefer NOT do do the same query again only to get the total number of records.

Thanks.

I have the code to my solution available at
http://tomhenry.us/tbs3/ look at the example "Efficient Paging" (it is the bottom of the left column of examples).

Hope that helps,
TomH

Thanks TomH,

yes, this is what i was searching for.
Although i am using ms-sql and applied:
$found = $db->get_row("SELECT @@rowcount as rows");
which seems to be the equivalent for "FOUND_ROWS()" in MySql.

thanks a lot,

Klemens