> "Burton, Laura L." wrote: > > Is there a way to access 'something' that would denote if any rows > were updated? > > Feedback lets you set up how many rows will be effected before a count > is returned, but WHERE is this number coming from? > > I have found a 'Returning' clause of the update statement, but I don't > really want a value returned, just how many rows were affected. > > We have a situation where we want to know if an update statement > actually updated any rows or in fact did not find a row that met the > condition. SqlPlus will return '0 rows updated.' Does anyone know > where 0 is coming from? > > Thanks you for your help. > > Laura
Anonymous PL/SQL block. Check SQL%ROWCOUNT and if needed use raise_application_error. You can then abort the process with WHENEVER SQLERROR at the SQL*Plus level. If you need to do something more subtle, stay inside the PL/SQL block. -- Regards, Stephane Faroult Oriole Software -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Stephane Faroult INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
