Re: rowcount function in postgres???

you could simply write

insert into table_a values (1);
if found then
dbms.output.put_line('rows inserted');
else
dbms.output.put_line('rows not inserted');
end if;

If you really need the number of records inserted (found will be true if at
least one record as affected), you can get that with

GET DIAGNOSTICS num_rows = ROW_COUNT;
and then do the if on the variable num_rows.

Hope that helps

UC

On Saturday 07 April 2007 10:33, Karthikeyan Sundaram wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am using 8.1.0 postgres and trying to write a plpgsql block. In that
> I am inserting a row. I want to check to see if the row has been inserted
> or not.
>
> In oracle we can say like this
>
> begin
> insert into table_a values (1);
> if sql%rowcount > 0
> then
> dbms.output.put_line('rows inserted');
> else
> dbms.output.put_line('rows not inserted');
> end if;
> end;
>
> Is there something equal to sql%rowcount in postgres? Please help.
>
> Regards
> skarthi
>
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