Thread: update count

update count

From
Chris Velevitch
Date:
(for v7.4.5) How do I get the number of rows updated by an update command?


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Re: update count

From
John DeSoi
Date:
On Dec 18, 2005, at 3:50 AM, Chris Velevitch wrote:

> (for v7.4.5) How do I get the number of rows updated by an update
> command?

In general, the UPDATE command tells you the number of updated rows:

Outputs

On successful completion, an UPDATE command returns a command tag of
the form

UPDATE count
The count is the number of rows updated. If count is 0, no rows
matched the condition (this is not considered an error).



http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.1/interactive/sql-update.html



The actual details of getting this number depends on what client API
you are using to execute the UPDATE command.




John DeSoi, Ph.D.
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Re: update count

From
"Jim C. Nasby"
Date:
On Sun, Dec 18, 2005 at 08:55:37AM -0500, John DeSoi wrote:
>
> On Dec 18, 2005, at 3:50 AM, Chris Velevitch wrote:
>
> >(for v7.4.5) How do I get the number of rows updated by an update
> >command?
>
> In general, the UPDATE command tells you the number of updated rows:

See also
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.1/static/plpgsql-statements.html#PLPGSQL-STATEMENTS-DIAGNOSTICS
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