Re: Returning a bool on DELETE in a proc.

KÖPFERL Robert wrote:
> Thanks, but that was not what I was looking for.
> 
> Seems that I forgot to mention that this function is intended to be written
> in SQL, not in PL/SQL. For the second one I already picked it off the
> fascinating* doc (as Keith did) that GET DIAGONSTIC is the right thing.
> 
> So what variable/function is the correct SQL-equivalent to ROW_COUNT and can
> it be used in the following statement ?
> like DELETE...; SELECT (ROW_COUNT<>0); to return a bool value?

SQL doesn't support that (although I suppose it could be made to with 
some pg_rows_affected() function). You'll need to use plpgsql (or 
similar) if you want a result status returned.

--  Richard Huxton  Archonet Ltd