Re: [HACKERS] GET DIAGNOSTICS SELECT PROCESSED INTO <int4_variable>

It is in 7.1beta, and is not documented yet.

it> Does anyone know if this feature exists? If so, what version or where
> can a patch be obtained?
>
> Thanks
>
> ------- Forwarded message follows -------
> Date sent: Mon, 15 Jan 2001 08:44:46 +0100
> From: "J.H.M. Dassen (Ray)" <jdassen(at)cistron-office(dot)nl>
> To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
> Subject: Re: getting number of rows updated within a procedure
>
> On Sun, Jan 14, 2001 at 23:27:06 +1300, Dan Langille wrote:
> > I'm writing some stuff in PL/pgsql (actually, a lot of stuff). I have a
> > question: At various times, it does UPDATEs. Is there a way to tell if
> > the UPDATE actually affected any rows or not? I couldn't see how to get
> > UPDATE to return anything.
>
> Quoting a recent message by Jan Wieck <janwieck(at)Yahoo(dot)com>:
> :Do a
> :
> : GET DIAGNOSTICS SELECT PROCESSED INTO <int4_variable>;
> :
> :directly after an INSERT, UPDATE or DELETE statement and you'll know
> :how many rows have been hit.
> :
> :Also you can get the OID of an inserted row with
> :
> : GET DIAGNOSTICS SELECT RESULT INTO <int4_variable>;
>
> HTH,
> Ray
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