Date: Mon, 8 Mar 1999 08:46:47 +0100
From: Michael Meskes <meskes@postgresql.org>
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Subject: Re: [INTERFACES] Counting updates with libpq
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	from Tom Lane on Sun, Mar 07, 1999 at 11:20:39AM -0500

On Sun, Mar 07, 1999 at 11:20:39AM -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
> > For ecpg I've beed using PQntuples(). Is it the same function? 
> 
> No.  PQntuples() is the number of rows in the returned result.  It will
> always be zero if the SQL command was not SELECT (or FETCH).

I'm afraid this is incorrect. I tried it on an insert (via exec sql execute
immediate) and it got the correct result.

> PQcmdTuples() is just a dumb little function that looks at the command
> status string (the same thing psql prints at the end of a query) and
> pulls out the number that appears in "UPDATE n" or "DELETE n" or
> "INSERT oid n".  Since the questioner asked about updated records,
> I assumed that was the number he wanted.

I need this number as well.

Michael
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