Displaying total Number of columns in Datatable

[Abiodun Adisa]

I am planning on displaying the total number of columns in a Datatable, problem is that datatable is dynamic, it is passed a list that is retrieved from the database

this is the Datatable

<t:dataTable var="category" width="700" id="searchList"
rows="10" value="#{searchResult.jobs}">

the outputText is supposed to retrieve the length of value="#{searchResult.jobs}"> and display it on the same page as the datatable, Please hod do i implement this?

[Tim Holloway]

I think you meant number of rows. Since that's not a repeating item, it wouldn't be appropriate to display it in the datatable itself, you'd normally output it in a separate control such as outputText.

[Abiodun Adisa]

Originally posted by Tim Holloway:
I think you meant number of rows. Since that's not a repeating item, it wouldn't be appropriate to display it in the datatable itself, you'd normally output it in a separate control such as outputText.

Yes i meant the number of rows, I have a outputText that would display the number of rows