On Nov 16, 2007, at 3:26 AM, Ow Mun Heng wrote:
>
> On Fri, 2007-11-16 at 10:22 +0100, Martijn van Oosterhout wrote:
>> On Fri, Nov 16, 2007 at 09:00:46AM +0800, Ow Mun Heng wrote:
>>> I usually write a function which gets/uses the GETS DIAGNOSTIC
>>> ROW COUNT
>>> parameter which will tell me how many rows were affected by the
>>> query.
>>>
>>> Now, for this case, I'm not writing a function but merely using a
>>> normal
>>> SQL eg:
>>
>> The server provides the number of changed rows in its response. Like
>> DELETE 2030. So check whatever you're using to run the commands.
>>
>
> The question is on how to use this number to be inserted into a table
> instead of just being informational.
The specifics depend on what language you're using for your database
access. Regardless, though, save the server's response in a variable
and use that.
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