Re: getting the number of rows affected by a query

On Fri, 2007-11-16 at 10:22 +0100, Martijn van Oosterhout wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 16, 2007 at 09:00:46AM +0800, Ow Mun Heng wrote:
> > I usually write a function which gets/uses the GETS DIAGNOSTIC ROW COUNT
> > parameter which will tell me how many rows were affected by the query.
> >
> > Now, for this case, I'm not writing a function but merely using a normal
> > SQL eg:
>
> The server provides the number of changed rows in its response. Like
> DELETE 2030. So check whatever you're using to run the commands.
>

The question is on how to use this number to be inserted into a table
instead of just being informational.