Re: pl-pgsql question

Just the last statement that occurred in that session provided it is an
update / delete as far as i know

Darren

Dennis Gearon wrote:

> What's the scope of that statement, just the last statement within the
> same session, all statements within that session, what?
>
> Darren Ferguson wrote:
>
>> rows INTEGER;
>>
>> UPDATE foo SET bar = ''test'';
>> GET DIAGNOSTICS rows := ROW_COUNT;
>>
>> This will return the number of rows actually updated by the system
>>
>> HTH
>> Darren
>> Vilson farias wrote:
>>
>>> Greetings,
>>>
>>>  I'm writing some stored procedures using pl-pgsql and I need to
>>> know how
>>> many tuples were affected by a update/delete/insert command.
>>>
>>>  Let's suppose my script is like this :
>>>
>>> CREATE FUNCTION gerachave(INT4) RETURNS INT4 AS'
>>> DECLARE
>>>  CAD       ALIAS FOR $1;
>>> BEGIN
>>>  novovalor := 0;
>>>
>>>  UPDATE table1 SET is_ok = 1 WHERE cod_cad = CAD;
>>>
>>>  INSERT INTO cnfg_gerachave VALUES (<quantity of tuples affected by
>>> UPDATE>);
>>>
>>>  RETURN CAD;
>>> END;
>>> '
>>> LANGUAGE 'plpgsql';
>>>
>>>
>>> Is it possible to discovery how many tuples were affected? How can I
>>> do it?
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance.
>>>
>>>
>>>
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