@@ROWCOUNT in PostgreSQL 9.3

Question

I want to returns the number of rows affected by the last statement.

Using Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 I do it this way:

SELECT * FROM Test_table;

SELECT @@ROWCOUNT AS [Number Of Rows Affected];

Will gives:

Number Of Rows Affected
-----------------------
10

How about in PostgreSQL 9.3?

Answer 1

DO $$
DECLARE
     total_rows integer;
BEGIN
  UPDATE emp_salary
   SET salary = salary+1;
   IF NOT FOUND THEN
      RAISE NOTICE 'No rows found';
   ELSIF FOUND THEN
   GET DIAGNOSTICS total_rows := ROW_COUNT;
      -- the above line used to get row_count
      RAISE NOTICE 'Rows Found : total_rows: %', total_rows;
   END IF; 
END $$;

Answer 2

AFAIK there is no such construct in postgresql however the number of rows is part of the result you get from postgresql.

CORRECTION: as a_horse_with_no_name states in his comment there is something similar which can be used within PL/pgSQL. Also see example in answer posted by Achilles Ram Nakirekanti

From within programs however my original suggestion is in most cases easier then having to resort to the usage of PL/pgSQL.

When using libpq: On the result of a select you can use PQntuples to determine the number of rows returned. For update, insert and delete you can use PQcmdTuples with the result to get the number of rows affected.

Other client libraries often have similar functionality.

For REF from referred article: GET DIAGNOSTICS integer_var = ROW_COUNT;