On 19dic, 2010, at 10:33 , Jasen Betts wrote:

> On 2010-12-17, Raimon Fernandez <co...@montx.com> wrote:
>> Hi,
>> 
>> I'm trying to solve what I think must be a real trivial question.
>> 
>> When I use psql after every DELETE FROM table WHERE id=xxxx I get how many 
>> rows were affected, in this case, deleted.
>> 
>> Also I've implemented the full FrontEnd/BackEnd Protocol v3 and there after 
>> a CommandComplete also I receive how many rows were affected.
>> 
>> But now, I'm using REALstudio www.realsoftware.com with their plugin, and I 
>> can't get the rows affected.
>> 
>> I can send a simple DELETE FROM table WHERE id=xxxx  and all what I get is 
>> nothing, no rows, no set, no info, even if the action didn't delete any row 
>> because the id was wrong.
>> 
>> They say that if the DELETE gives an empty string, means that PostgreSQL 
>> isn't returning nothing and that I have to get those values with some 
>> special values, like return parameters.
>> 
>> In pg/plsql I've used sometimes the GET DIAGNOSTICS <variable> = ROW_COUNT 
>> or FOUND with great success, but I really can't make them work outside their 
>> main function.
>> 
>> There is something like select lastval(); but for rows affected ?
>> 
>> thanks in advance,
> 
> Easiest work-around is to add "returning true" on the end of your delete 
> then the delete will return some row(s) when it succeeds.
> 
> 

thanks for your idea ...

I've tried to add after my DELETE FROM xxxxx the RETURNING TRUE and when it 
succeeds I get only a True, when postgre can't delete the row because can't 
find it, I've get NIL.

Just to be sure, but the RETURNING TRUE is not a mandatory option to get how 
many rows were affected after an insert,delete,update ?

I'm not sure if REALstudio uses the libpq in their plugin. The libpq returns 
how many rows were affected or at least has some option to return those values ?

Last year I made some postgreSQL for iPhone and I compiled the libpq but only 
for SELECTS, not inserts or delete, and I'm not sure of this option.

> Best solution is to get realstudio to fix their plugin or use a different 
> framework.

Of course, but those 'commercial frameworks' that are not really interested in 
doing professional front ends for profressional databases like postgreSQL, are 
lazy,  first I have to demonstrate that they are doing something wrong in their 
plugin or at least that they have a simple option to implement this, wich I 
consider, a mandatory for professional databases.

Also I'm open to other frameworks but there are few that can deploy the same 
code to Windows, OS X and Linux.

Thanks again,

regards,

r.





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