Re: Returning a bool on DELETE in a proc.

From: Richard Huxton <dev(at)archonet(dot)com>
To: KÖPFERL Robert <robert(dot)koepferl(at)sonorys(dot)at>
Cc: pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Returning a bool on DELETE in a proc.
Date: 2005-01-19 12:16:50
Message-ID: 41EE4FB2.9080307@archonet.com
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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.

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Richard Huxton
Archonet Ltd

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