> In the context of a plpgsql script is a possible to access the number of
> rows effected by an UPDATE or DELETE statement? It could be used to
> simplify, and probably improve performance on, many scripts. I would
> like to do something like:
>
> update foo set bar = bar + new.amount where key = new.key;
>
> if ROWS_UPDATED > 0 then
> -- This would be less likely to occur
> insert into foo (key, bar) values (new.key, new.bar);
> end if;
Yes, I think this would be a nice feature. Will take a look
if I can add it before v6.5 BETA starts.
Jan
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